ArticleDevelopmental review : DR2015
The developing brain in a multitasking world.
Article in Developmental review : DR, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Differential Relations of Parental Behavior to Children's Early Executive Function as a Function of Child Genotype: A Systematic Review.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2022Pooled it
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- Gut Microbiota in Women with Eating Disorders: A New Frontier in Pathophysiology and Treatment.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Toddlers Viewing Fantastical Cartoons: Evidence of an Immediate Reduction in Endogenous Control Without an Increase in Stimulus-Driven Exogenous Control.Developmental science · 2025Article
- Attention Network Dysfunctions in Lewy Body Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- [Consequences of digital media on the health of children and adolescents with a focus on the consumption of unhealthy foods].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2024Review
- Negative relationship between brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and attention: A possible elevation in BDNF level among high-altitude migrants.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Article
- Executive attention modulates the facilitating effect of electronic storybooks on information encoding in preschoolers.Heliyon · 2023Article
- Media-multitasking and cognitive control across the lifespan.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- The Myth of Multitasking and What It Means for Future Pharmacists.American journal of pharmaceutical education · 2021Article
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- Multitasking Compensatory Saccadic Training Program for Hemianopia Patients: A New Approach With 3-Dimensional Real-World Objects.Translational vision science & technology · 2021Article
- Longitudinal touchscreen use across early development is associated with faster exogenous and reduced endogenous attention control.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Saliency-Driven Visual Search Performance in Toddlers With Low- vs High-Touch Screen Use.JAMA pediatrics · 2021Article
- Mapping Mind-Brain Development: Towards a Comprehensive Theory.Journal of Intelligence · 2020Review
- Impact of adolescent media multitasking on cognition and driving safety.Human behavior and emerging technologies · 2019Article
- Effects of Social Exclusion on Effortful Control and Mentalizing in relation to Borderline Personality Features.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- Connectivity patterns in cognitive control networks predict naturalistic multitasking ability.Neuropsychologia · 2018Article
- The mediating roles of cortisol reactivity and executive functioning difficulties in the pathways between childhood histories of emotional insecurity and adolescent school problems.Development and psychopathology · 2017Article
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Abstract
To understand the problem of multitasking, it is necessary to examine the brain's attention networks that underlie the ability to switch attention between stimuli and tasks and to maintain a single focus among distractors. In this paper we discuss the development of brain networks related to the functions of achieving the alert state, orienting to sensory events, and developing self-control. These brain networks are common to everyone, but their efficiency varies among individuals and reflects both genes and experience. Training can alter brain networks. We consider two forms of training: (1) practice in tasks that involve particular networks, and (2) changes in brain state through such practices as meditation that may influence many networks. Playing action video games and multitasking are themselves methods of training the brain that can lead to improved performance but also to overdependence on media activity. We consider both of these outcomes and ideas about how to resist overdependence on media. Overall, our paper seeks to inform the reader about what has been learned about attention that can influence multitasking over the course of development.
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