Extended Data Fig. 7: Key results from extreme group analyses of multitasking, memory and sustained attention for light and heavy media multitaskers.
From: Memory failure predicted by attention lapsing and media multitasking
a–c, Heavy media multitaskers exhibited lower d′ on the memory tasks (a), more attention lapses on the gradCPT (b) and more evidence of attention lapsing (assayed by mean alpha power and pupil variability) on the memory task (c), relative to light media multitaskers. Data are mean ± s.e.m. from a single independent experiment. n = 18 light and n = 18 heavy media multitaskers for alpha data; n = 20 light and n = 20 heavy media multitaskers for all other data. d, Histogram of scores (n = 80) on the MMI, illustrated by the bottom 25% of scores (light media multitaskers), the middle 50% of scores (intermediate media multitaskers) and the top 25% of scores (heavy media multitaskers). LMM, light media multitasker; HMM, heavy media multitasker.
