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Hough, A. R., Stevens, C., Fox, E. L., & Myers, C. (2023, July). An initial cognitive model of a radar detection task. Paper presented at MathPsych/ICCM/EMPG 2023. Via mathpsych.org/presentation/1103.

Halbrügge, M., & Russwinkel, N. (2016). The sum of two models: How a composite model explains unexpected user behavior in a dual-task scenario. In D. Reitter & F. E. Ritter (eds.), Proceedings of the 14th international conference on cognitive modeling (pp. 137–143). University Park, PA: Penn State.

Nijboer, M., Borst, J.P., Van Rijn, H., & Taatgen, N.A. (2016). Contrasting Single and Multi-Component Working-Memory Systems in Dual Tasking. Cognitive Psychology 86, 1-26.

Borst, J.P., Taatgen, N.A., & Van Rijn, H. (2015). What Makes Interruptions Disruptive? A Process-Model Account of the Effects of the Problem State Bottleneck on Task Interruption and Resumption. In Proceedings CHI 2015. Seoul, Korea.

Moon, J., & Anderson, J. R. (2013). Timing in multitasking: Memory contamination and time pressure bias. Cognitive Psychology, 67 (1/2), 26-54.

Borst, J.P., Buwalda, T.A., Van Rijn, H., & Taatgen, N.A. (2013). Avoiding the Problem State Bottleneck by Strategic use of the Environment. Acta Psychologica 144(2), 373-379.

Nijboer, M., Taatgen, N.A., Brands, A., Borst, J.P., & Van Rijn, H. (2013). Decision Making in Concurrent Multitasking: Do People Adapt to Task Interference? PLoS ONE 8(11), e79583.

Nijboer, M., Borst, J.P., van Rijn, H., & Taatgen, N.A. (2013). Predicting Interference in Concurrent Multitasking. In R. West & T. Stewart (Eds.), Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling. Ottawa: Carleton University.

Cao, S. (2013). Queueing Network Modeling of Human Performance in Complex Cognitive Multi-task Scenarios (Doctoral dissertation).

Nijboer, M., Taatgen. N., van Rijn, H. (2012). Choices, choices: Task selection preference during concurrent multitasking. In N. Rußwinkel, U. Drewitz & H. van Rijn (eds.), Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling, Berlin: Universitaetsverlag der TU Berlin.

Janssen, C., Howes, A., & Brumby, D. (2012) Towards optimal payoff manipulations. In N. Rußwinkel, U. Drewitz & H. van Rijn (eds.), Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling, Berlin: Universitaetsverlag der TU Berlin.

Schoelles, M. & Gray, W. (2012). SimPilot: An exploration of modeling a highly interactive task with delayed feedback in a multitasking environment. In N. Rußwinkel, U. Drewitz & H. van Rijn (eds.), Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling, Berlin: Universitaetsverlag der TU Berlin.

Buwalda, T.A., Borst, J.P., Taatgen, N.A., & Van Rijn, H. (2011). Evading a Multitasking Bottleneck: Presenting Intermediate Representations in the Environment. In Proceedings of the 33st Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Cognitive Science Society.

Borst, J.P., Taatgen, N.A., & Van Rijn, H. (2010). The Problem State: A Cognitive Bottleneck in Multitasking. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition, 36(2), 363-382.

Janssen, C.P., Brumby, D.P., Dowell, J., & Chater, N. (2010). Strategic Adaptation in a Dual-Task Setting. In Proceedings of the European ACT-R Workshop 2010. Groningen, Netherlands.

Janssen, C.P., Young, R.M., Ament, G.A., Back, J., Brumby, D.P., Cox, A.L., & Grace, J. (2010). Cognitive Modelling at the UCL Interaction Centre. In Proceedings of the European ACT-R Workshop 2010. Groningen, Netherlands.

Borst, J.P., Taatgen, N.A., Stocco, A., & Van Rijn, H. (2010). The Neural Correlates of Problem States: Testing fMRI Predictions of a Computational Model of Multitasking. PLoS ONE 5(9): e12966. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0012966.

Janssen, C. P. (2010). Understanding strategic adaptation in multitask settings. In D. D. Salvucci & G. Gunzelmann (Eds.), Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (pp. 309-310). Philadelphia, PA: Drexel University.

Borst, J., Taatgen, N. A., van Rijn, H., & Stocco, A. (2010). Testing fMRI predictions of a Cognitive Model of the Problem State Multitasking Bottleneck. Poster presented at the 32nd Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Portland, OR.

Janssen, C.P. & Brumby, D.P. (2010). Strategic Adaptation to Performance Objectives in a Dual-Task Setting. Cognitive Science, 34(8), 1548+1560.

Borst, J.P., Taatgen, N.A., & Van Rijn, H. (2009). Modeling Triple-Tasking without Customized Cognitive Control. In N.A. Taatgen & H. van Rijn (Eds.), Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Cognitive Science Society.

Salvucci, D.D., Taatgen, N.A., & Borst, J.P. (2009). Toward a Unified Theory of the Multitasking Continuum: From Concurrent Performance to Task Switching, Interruption, and Resumption. In Human Factors in Computing Systems: CHI 2009 Conference Proceedings (pp. 1819-1828). New York: ACM Press.

Borst, J. P., Taatgen, N. A., van Rijn , D. H., Stocco, A., & Fincham, J. M. (2009). Testing fMRI predictions of a dual-task interference model. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference of Cognitive Modeling (paper 236), Manchester, United Kingdom.

Gunzelmann, G., Byrne, M. D., Gluck, K. A., & Moore, L. R. (2009). Using computational cognitive modeling to predict dual-task performance with sleep deprivation. Human Factors, 51(2), 251-260.

Taatgen, N.A., Juvina, I., Schipper, M., Borst, J.P., & Martens, S. (2009). Too Much Control can Hurt: A Threaded Cognition Model of the Attentional Blink. Cognitive Psychology, 59(1), 1-29.

Altmann, E. M., & Gray, W. D. (2008). An integrated model of cognitive control in task switching. Psychological Review, 115, 602-639.

Borst, J.P., Taatgen, N.A., Stocco, A., & Van Rijn, H. (2008). Locating the Problem Representation Bottleneck in the Brain. In Proceedings of the fourteenth annual ACT-R workshop.

Altmann, E. M., & Trafton, J. G. (2007). Timecourse of recovery from task interruption: Data and a model. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 14, 1079-1084.

Brumby, D. P., Salvucci, D. D., & Howes, A. (2007). Dialing while driving? A bounded rational analysis of concurrent multi-task behavior. In proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling. Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.

Borst, J. & Taatgen, N. A. (2007). The costs of multitasking in threaded cognition. In proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling. Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.

Veksler, B. Z., Gray, W. D., & Schoelles, M. J. (2007). From 1000ms to 650 ms: Why interleaving, soft constraints, and milliseconds matter. In proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling. Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.

Dickison, D. H. & Taatgen, N. A. (2007). ACT-R Models of cognitive control in the Abstract Decision Making Task. In proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Cognitive Modeling. Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.

Salvucci, D. D. & Taatgen, N. A. (2007). An integrated approach to modeling concurrent multitasking. In The 29th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

Salvucci, D. D., & Taatgen, N. A. (in press). Threaded cognition: An integrated theory of concurrent multitasking. Psychological Review.

Brumby, D.P., Salvucci, D.D., Mankowski, W., & Howes, A. (2007). A cognitive constraint model of the effects of portable music-player use on driver performance. To appear in the Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 51st Annual Meeting (HFES 2007). Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

Brumby, D.P., Howes, A., & Salvucci, D.D. (2007). A cognitive constraint model of dual-task trade-offs in a highly dynamic driving task. In the Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2007) (pp. 233-242). New York, NY: ACM Press.

Nguyen, T. M. & Salvucci, D. D. (2006). Piano Playing: A model of sight-reading and rhythmic timing. In Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (pp. 208-212). Trieste, Italy.

Salvucci, D. D., Taatgen, N. A., & Kushleyeva, Y. (2006). Learning when to switch tasks in a dynamic multitasking environment. In Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (pp. 268-273). Trieste, Italy.

Brumby, D. P. & Saluvicci, D. D. (2006). Towards a constraint analysis of human multitasking. In Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (pp. 353-354). Trieste, Italy.

Brumby, D. P. & Salvucci, D. D. (2006). Exploring human multitasking strategies from a cognitive constraint approach. In proceedings of the 28th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 2451) . Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Juvina, I. & Taatgen, N. A. (2006). How attentional blink facilitates multitasking. In proceedings of the 28th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 2520 ) . Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Kiefer, J. (2006). Modeling individual strategic behavior in human multitasking. In proceedings of the 28th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 2530) . Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Salvucci, D. D. (2006). Modeling driver behavior in a cognitive architecture. Human Factors, 48, 362-380.

Ritter, F. E., van Rooy, D., St. Amant, R., & Simpson, K. (2006). Providing user models direct access to interfaces: An exploratory study of a simple interface with implications for HRI and HCI. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Part A, Systems and Humans, 36(3), 592-601.

Kushleyeva, Y., Salvucci, D. D., & Lee, F. J. (2005). Deciding when to switch tasks in time-critical multitasking. Cognitive Systems Research, 6, 41-49.

Taatgen, N.A. (2005). Modeling parallelization and flexibility improvements in skill acquisition: from dual tasks to complex dynamic skills. Cognitive Science, 29, 421-455.

Salvucci, D. D. (2005) A multitasking general executive for compound continuous tasks. Cognitive Science, 29, 457-492.

Dzaack, J., Kiefer, J. & Urbas, L. (2005). An approach towards multitasking in ACT-R/PM. In Proceedings of the 12th Annual ACT-R Workshop, Trieste, Italy.

Anderson, J. R., Taatgen, N. A., & Byrne, M. D. (2005) Learning to achieve perfect time sharing: Architectural implications of Hazeltine, Teague, & Ivry (2002). Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance 31, 749-761.

Ritter, F. E., Reifers, A., Klein, L. C., Quigley, K., & Schoelles, M. (2004). Using cognitive modeling to study behavior moderations: Pre-task appraisal and anxiety. In Proceedings of the Human factors and Ergonomics Society (pp. 2121-2125). Santa Monica, CA: Human Factor and Ergonomics Society.

Kushleyeva, Y., Salvucci, D. D., & Lee, F. J. (2004). Deciding when to switch tasks in time-critical multitasking. In Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Cognitive Modeling.

Salvucci, D. D., Kushleyeva, Y., & Lee, F. J. (2004). Toward an ACT-R general executive for human multitasking. In Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Cognitive Modeling.

Schorr, T., Gerjets, P. & Scheiter, K. (2003) Analyzing Effects of Goal Competition and Task Difficulty in Multiple-Task Performance: Volitional Action Control within ACT-R. In Proceedings of the 25th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. pg 1053-1058.

Chavez, A. K. & Salvucci, D. D. (2003) An ACT-R Model of the Wickens Tracking Task. In Proceedings of the 25th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. pg 1324.

Gerjets, P., Scheiter, K., Schorr, T. (2003).Modeling Processes of Volitional Action Control in Multiple-Task Performance: How to Explain Effects of Goal Competition and Task Difficulty on Processing Strategies and Performance within ACT-R. Cognitive Science Quarterly, 3, 355-400.

Schoor, T., Gerjets, P., & Scheiter, K. (2003). Volitional action control in multiple-task performance: Modeling effects of goal competition and task difficulty in ACT-R. In F. Detje, D. Doerner, & H. Schaub (Eds.), In Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Cognitive Modeling (pp. 183-188). Bamberg, Germany: Universitats-Verlag Bamberg.

Kelley, T. D., Scribner, D. R., (2003). Developing a Predictive Model of Dual Task Performance. ARL Technical Report ARL-MR-0556.

Gray, W. D. & M. J. Schoelles (2003). The Nature and Timing of Interruptions in a Complex Cognitive Task: Empirical Data and Computational Cognitive Models. In Proceedings of the 25th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society. pg 37.

Byrne, M. D., & Anderson, J. R. (2001). Serial modules in parallel: The psychological refractory period and perfect time-sharing. Psychological Review, 108, 847-869.

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