Six of one, half dozen of the other: Suboptimal prioritizing for equal and unequal alternatives.

It is possible to accomplish multiple goals when available resources are abundant, but when the tasks are difficult and resources are limited, it is better to focus on one task and complete it successfully than to divide your efforts and fail on both. Previous research has shown that people rarely a...

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Published in:	Memory & Cognition Vol. 51; no. 2; pp. 486 - 504
Main Authors:	James, Warren, Hunt, Amelia R., Clarke, Alasdair D. F.
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer Nature Feb2023
Subjects:	Judgment (Psychology) Task performance Cognition Psychology Decision making Attention Resource allocation Employees' workload Reward (Psychology) Goal (Psychology) National competency-based educational tests Time Psychology of movement Conceptual models Reaction time Prompts (Psychology)
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