Putting a stereotype to the test: The case of gender differences in multitasking costs in task-switching and dual-task situations.

According to a popular stereotype, women are better at multitasking than men, but empirical evidence for gender differences in multitasking performance is mixed. Previous work has focused on specific aspects of multitasking or has not considered gender differences in abilities contributing to multit...

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Main Authors: Patricia Hirsch, Iring Koch, Julia Karbach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220150