Affective Interruptions Impair Task Performance Less Than Neutral Ones Across Age and Task Demands
3.80T1 sourceHuman Factors (SAGE / HFES)
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Published by Human Factors (SAGE / HFES) (T1 source). The original is at https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00187208261446106?af=R.
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SummaryPeer-reviewed study in Human Factors examining how the valence and arousal of interruptions affect task resumption and post-interruption performance in younger and middle-aged/older adults under varying task complexity. Finding: affective interruptions impaired task performance less than neutral ones across age and task demands.
Why it mattersCounters the blanket assumption that all interruptions hurt equally. The valence of the interrupting content matters, and the effect holds across age groups and task loads — relevant for anyone structuring knowledge work.
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