Are women better than men at multi-tasking?
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Are women better than men at multi-tasking?
Background: There seems to be a common belief that women are better in multi-tasking than men, but there is practically no scientific research on this topic. Here, we tested whether women have better multi-tasking skills than men. Methods: In Experiment 1, we compared performance of 120 women and 120 men in a computer-based task-switching paradigm. In Experiment 2, we compared a different group...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Psychology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2050-7283
DOI: 10.1186/2050-7283-1-18