Mindful multitasking: The relationship between mindful flexibility and media multitasking
Abstract: With the insatiable demand for and corresponding burgeoning of electronic devices enabling individuals to accomplish many things simultaneously, effective multitasking may be a necessity in today’s world. The present study was concerned with the improvement of media multitasking by increas...
| Publicado en: | Computers in Human Behavior Vol. 28; no. 4; pp. 1526 - 1533 |
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Elsevier B.V.
Jul2012
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