Examining the Effect of Interruptions at Different Breakpoints and Frequencies Within a Task

• Published in: Human factors Vol. 65; no. 1; pp. 22 - 36
• Main Authors: Powers, Sarah A., Scerbo, Mark W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.02.2023; Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
• Subjects: Attention; Between-subjects design; Breakpoints; Frustration; Humans; Segmentation; Task analysis; Task Performance and Analysis; Workload; Workloads; memory for goals theory; performance; hierarchical task analysis; event segmentation theory; mental workload

Objective The purpose was to explore how event segmentation theory (EST) can be used to determine optimal moments for an interruption relying on hierarchical task analysis (HTA) to identify coarse and fine event boundaries. Background Research on the effects of interruptions shows that they can be e...