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Interruption of tasks can be dangerous
EAST LANSING, Mich., Jan. 7 (UPI) — Short interruptions can have a surprisingly large effect on one’s ability to accurately complete a task, with possibly dangerous results, U.S. researchers say.
Researchers at Michigan State University report even brief interruptions like a text messages on a smartphone can double the error rate in performing a task, and the ensuing errors can be disastrous for professionals such as airplane mechanics and emergency room doctors.
“What this means is that our health and safety is, on some level, contingent on whether the people looking after it have been interrupted,” MSU psychology Professor Erik Altmann said.
In the MSU study in which 300 people performed a sequence-based procedure on a computer, researchers found that interruptions of about 3 seconds doubled the error rate.
More: http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2013/01/…z2HKn3PzyY
2013-01-07 16:19:40
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