ArticleFrontiers in psychology2015
Better dual-task processing in simultaneous interpreters.
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- Restoration of Attention by Rest in a Multitasking World: Theory, Methodology, and Empirical Evidence.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Pooled it
- Attention in our digital ecosystem: The five interactive components that drive media multitasking.Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2025Review
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- On the localization of reward effects in overlapping dual tasks.Psychological research · 2024Article
- The Impact of Interpreting Training Experience on the Attentional Networks and Their Dynamics.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- Training in new forms of human-AI interaction improves complex working memory and switching skills of language professionals.Frontiers in artificial intelligence · 2023Article
- Language aptitude in the visuospatial modality: L2 British Sign Language acquisition and cognitive skills in British Sign Language-English interpreting students.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Selective Attention Measurement of Experienced Simultaneous Interpreters Using EEG Phase-Locked Response.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2021Article
- A Current View on Dual-Task Paradigms and Their Limitations to Capture Cognitive Load.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Two sources of task prioritization: The interplay of effector-based and task order-based capacity allocation in the PRP paradigm.Attention, perception & psychophysics · 2020Article
- Cognitive and Neurocognitive Effects From the Unique Bilingual Experiences of Interpreters.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
- Mechanisms of Practice-Related Reductions of Dual-Task Interference with Simple Tasks: Data and Theory.Advances in cognitive psychology · 2017Article
- Short-Term Memory Improvement After Simultaneous Interpretation Training.Journal of cognitive enhancement : towards the integration of theory and practice · 2017Article
- Dependency Distance Differences across Interpreting Types: Implications for Cognitive Demand.Frontiers in psychology · 2017Article
- Transferability of Dual-Task Coordination Skills after Practice with Changing Component Tasks.Frontiers in psychology · 2017Article
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Abstract
Simultaneous interpreting (SI) is a highly complex activity and requires the performance and coordination of multiple, simultaneous tasks: analysis and understanding of the discourse in a first language, reformulating linguistic material, storing of intermediate processing steps, and language production in a second language among others. It is, however, an open issue whether persons with experience in SI possess superior skills in coordination of multiple tasks and whether they are able to transfer these skills to lab-based dual-task situations. Within the present study, we set out to explore whether interpreting experience is associated with related higher-order executive functioning in the context of dual-task situations of the Psychological Refractory Period (PRP) type. In this PRP situation, we found faster reactions times in participants with experience in simultaneous interpretation in contrast to control participants without such experience. Thus, simultaneous interpreters possess superior skills in coordination of multiple tasks in lab-based dual-task situations.
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