多作業處理[54],又有叫分散式注意力[55],係指一個人(或者一隻動物)同時分心做幾樣工作。喺做多作業處理嗰陣,一個人實要同時處理嚟自幾個唔同來源嘅資訊,噉就表示佢個腦嘅注意力資源實係分散噉投入咗去嗰幾個來源嗰度-理論上,假設第啲因素不變,每件工作所霸到嘅注意力資源就會少咗。研究顯示,人類喺做多作業處理嗰時,犯錯嘅頻率會提升,又或者會做得慢啲,例如如果有兩個人,兩個都喺度做注意力網絡測試,但其中一個(B 君)俾研究者要求佢一路做個測試、一路計數,通常 B 君嘅準確度會變差,而且反應時間會變慢[56][57]。
注意力資源嘅分配同表現之間嘅關係受好多因素影響:例如係正話提咗嘅專家知識噉;多作業處理嘅表現可以透過專家知識嚟改善-想像家吓有兩樣工作,A 同 B(例如煮飯同計數),家陣要一個唔係好識做 A 嘅人同時做 A 同 B,佢嘅表現實會受負面影響;再想像有第個人,佢做 A 做得好熟手,而做 B 嘅熟手程度同之前嗰個人相約,可以近乎自動無意識噉做 A(唔使點消耗注意力資源就做到 A),就會比較能夠同時做 A 同 B [46]。除咗專家知識,「一個人嘅腦有幾多用得嘅注意力資源」呢家嘢仲會受情緒[64]、攰唔攰、同埋個人能力高低等嘅因素影響[65]。
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