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SynthesisFrontiers in psychology2022

Restoration of Attention by Rest in a Multitasking World: Theory, Methodology, and Empirical Evidence.

Frank Schumann, Michael B Steinborn, Jens Kürten, Liyu Cao, Barbara Friederike Händel, Lynn Huestegge

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Synthesis in Frontiers in psychology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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49citing papers in PubMed, 8 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

49 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 71 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Frank SchumannMittweida University of Applied Sciences, Mittweida, Germany.
Michael B SteinbornDepartment of Psychology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Jens KürtenDepartment of Psychology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Liyu CaoZhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Barbara Friederike HändelDepartment of Psychology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Lynn HuesteggeDepartment of Psychology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
University of Würzburg · DEHochschule Mittweida · DEZhejiang University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this work, we evaluate the status of both theory and empirical evidence in the field of experimental rest-break research based on a framework that combines mental-chronometry and psychometric-measurement theory. To this end, we (1) provide a taxonomy of rest breaks according to which empirical studies can be classified (e.g., by differentiating between long, short, and micro-rest breaks based on context and temporal properties). Then, we (2) evaluate the theorizing in both the basic and applied fields of research and explain how popular concepts (e.g., ego depletion model, opportunity cost theory, attention restoration theory, action readiness, etc.) relate to each other in contemporary theoretical debates. Here, we highlight differences between all these models in the light of two symbolic categories, termed the resource-based and satiation-based model, including aspects related to the dynamics and the control (strategic or non-strategic) mechanisms at work. Based on a critical assessment of existing methodological and theoretical approaches, we finally (3) provide a set of guidelines for both theory building and future empirical approaches to the experimental study of rest breaks. We conclude that a psychometrically advanced and theoretically focused research of rest and recovery has the potential to finally provide a sound scientific basis to eventually mitigate the adverse effects of ever increasing task demands on performance and well-being in a multitasking world at work and leisure.

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attention restoration theorycognitive resourcesego depletionenergy managementmental fatiguemotivated cognitionmultitaskingrest breaks

Identifiers

PMID35432083
PMCPMC9010884
OpenAlexW4220818821

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