Intro
Introduction: Overview of Concepts and Paradigms
References
Contents
Part I: Simultaneous Multitasking
Dual-Task Performance with Simple Tasks
1 Introduction
2 The Beauty of Mental Chronometry: Psychological Refractory Period Experiments and the (Structural) Reasons of Dual-Task Costs
2.1 The Psychological Refractory Period
2.2 Theoretical Accounts of the PRP Effect
2.2.1 The Response Selection Bottleneck (RSB) Model
2.2.2 Capacity Sharing Models
2.2.3 Strategic Bottleneck Models and Executive Control Models

2.3 The PRP Effect Beyond Stimulus-Response Translations
3 The Usability of the Processing-Stage Framework for Hypothesis Testing
4 Content-Dependent Dual-Task Costs: The Role of Crosstalk Between Tasks
4.1 The Role of Input and Output Modality Pairings
4.2 Backward Crosstalk as a Marker of Between-Task Interference
5 Cognitive Control Demands and the Possibility of Adaptive Dual Tasking
5.1 Instruction-Based Regulation of Cognitive Control in Dual Tasks
5.2 Context-Control Priming in Dual Tasks
6 Future Perspectives
7 Conclusion
References

Multitasking During Continuous Task Demands: The Cognitive Costs of Concurrent Sensorimotor Activities
1 Models of Multitasking
2 Multitasking Involving Concurrent Postural Control
2.1 Postural Control as a Continuous Motor Activity
2.2 Theoretical Models of Higher Cognitive Involvement in Postural Control
2.3 Ecological Aspects of Postural Control
2.4 Interindividual Differences and Age-Related Effects
2.5 Section Summary
3 Multitasking Involving Concurrent Timing Tasks
3.1 Models of Movement Timing
3.2 Interindividual Differences and Age-Related Effects

3.3 Section Summary
4 Multitasking During Visuomotor Tracking
4.1 Interindividual Differences and Age-Related Effects
4.2 Section Summary
5 Multitasking Involving Listening and Speaking
5.1 Interindividual Differences and Age-Related Effects
5.2 Ecological Aspects of Listening and Speaking
5.3 Section Summary
6 General Summary and Discussion
References
Part II: Sequential Multitasking
Task Switching: Cognitive Control in Sequential Multitasking
1 Introduction
2 Task Switching: Basic Paradigms
2.1 Predictable Task Switching
2.2 Cued Task Switching

2.3 Voluntary Task Switching
2.4 Summary
3 Proactive Control: Task Preparation
3.1 Influence of Preparation Time in Predictable Task Sequences
3.2 Influence of Preparation Time in Random Task Sequences: Explicit Task Cuing
3.2.1 Preparation vs. Dissipation of Task Sets
3.2.2 Switch-Specific vs. Task-Specific Preparation
3.2.3 Role of Cue Processing: Task Switching or Cue Switching?
3.2.4 The Role of Action Execution: Preparing vs. Executing Tasks
3.3 Preparation Based on Task Predictability Instead of Preparation Time