Media-and-Multitasking

American youth spend more time with media Than in any other activity: an average of 7.5 hr per day, every day of the week (Rideout et al., 2010). If the amount of time spent juggling multiple media streams simultaneously (‘media multitasking’) is considered (29%), American youth average almost 11 hr of media exposure each day of the week (Rideout et al., 2010). The ubiquity of media use and concomitant media multitasking has generated much scientific and societal interest in determining whether and how media multitasking impacts behavior, cognition, and brain structure and function. Given that large populations of media multitaskers are children and young adults, with brains that are still developing, the urgency to understand the neurocognitive profile of media multitaskers is great. The Media Multitasking Working Group aims to build a systematic understanding of the relationship between these cognitive domains and neural structure and function, and to understand the types of information processing that are necessary in 21st century learning environments.

WORKGROUP MEMBERS

 

Workgroup Chair

Melina R. Uncapher, PhD

Melina R. Uncapher, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Stanford University; Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, CA

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Workgroup Co-Chair

Anthony D. Wagner, PhD

Anthony D. Wagner, PhD
Professor, Neurosciences Program, Stanford University

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Larry D. Rosen, PhD

Larry D. Rosen, PhD
Professor Emeritus, California State University, Dominguez Hills, CA

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Heather L. Kirkorian, PhD

Heather L. Kirkorian, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI

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Naomi S. Baron, PhD

Naomi S. Baron, PhD
Professor, Center for Teaching, Research, and Learning, American University

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Kira Bailey, PhD

Kira Bailey, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Ohio Wesleyan University, OH

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Joanne Cantor, PhD

Joanne Cantor, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Department of Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI

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David L. Strayer, PhD

David L. Strayer, PhD
Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Utah, UT

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Daniel R. Anderson, PhD

Daniel R. Anderson, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA

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Thomas D. Parsons, PhD

Thomas D. Parsons, PhD
Professor, Department of Psychology, University of North Texas

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Lin Lin, PhD

Lin Lin, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Learning Technologies, University of North Texas, TX

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