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Mobile Multitasking Distraction: A Pilot Study with Intracranial Electroencephalography

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Information Systems and Neuroscience

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation ((LNISO,volume 16))

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Texting while walking is a widespread and dangerous behaviour. Efforts are being put towards the development of mobile applications to refrain users from engaging in this behavior. The study of the neuropsychological mechanisms underlying this behavior will help developers aim specific cognitive processes. This study uses intracranial electroencephalography to increase our spatial understanding of the processes implicated in mobile multitasking. We asked a subject implanted with 128 electrodes to engage in a texting conversation while having to discriminate a point-light walker’s direction. We discuss our results and methodological learning from this pilot study.

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  1. Department of Psychology, Centre de Recherche en Neuropsychologie et Cognition, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Emma Campbell & Franco Lepore

  2. Tech3Lab, HEC Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Emma Campbell, Pierre-Majorique Léger, Élise Labonté-LeMoyne, Sylvain Sénécal & Marc Fredette

  3. Centre Hospitalier Notre-Dame, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Dang Nguyen

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  1. Informaton Systems, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA

    Fred D. Davis

  2. University of Appl. Sc. Upper Austria, Steyr, Oberösterreich, Austria

    René Riedl

  3. Department of Information Systems, University of Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein

    Jan vom Brocke

  4. Department of Information Technology, HEC Montréal , Montréal, Québec, Canada

    Pierre-Majorique Léger

  5. Department of Information Systems, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia, USA

    Adriane B. Randolph

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Campbell, E. et al. (2017). Mobile Multitasking Distraction: A Pilot Study with Intracranial Electroencephalography. In: Davis, F., Riedl, R., vom Brocke, J., Léger, PM., Randolph, A. (eds) Information Systems and Neuroscience. Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation, vol 16. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41402-7_4

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