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The Relationship Between the ASVAB and Multitasking in Navy Sailors: A Process-Specific Approach.

This study investigated the relationship between ASVAB scores and multitasking performance in Navy Sailors. Sailors performed a 'synthetic work' task designed to simulate demands for multitasking common to many different jobs, as well as elementary cognitive tasks designed to measure two mental proc...

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Publicado en:Military Psychology Vol. 23; no. 4; pp. 365 - 381
Autores principales: Hambrick, David Z., Rench, Tara A., Poposki, Elizabeth M., Darowski, Emily S., Roland, Donna, Bearden, Ronald M., Oswald, Frederick L., Brou, Randy
Formato: pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd 2011
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Sumario:This study investigated the relationship between ASVAB scores and multitasking performance in Navy Sailors. Sailors performed a 'synthetic work' task designed to simulate demands for multitasking common to many different jobs, as well as elementary cognitive tasks designed to measure two mental processes-the ability to update the contents of working memory (memory updating) and the ability to switch flexibly between tasks (task switching). Structural equation modeling revealed that a general factor of ASVAB subtest scores positively predicted multitasking. Furthermore, memory updating partially accounted for this relationship and added incrementally to the prediction of multitasking, above and beyond the ASVAB.