Effects of Task Priority and Difficulty in Multitasking Across Screens

Yang Liu, Qin Gao, Xinyun Li, Xinyue Yang, Department of Industrial Engineering, Tsinghua University, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore

Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Published online on July 06, 2026

Abstract

Human Factors, Ahead of Print.
ObjectiveThis study investigates how task priority, task difficulty, and their interaction influence task-switching decisions in a complex multitasking environment, where operators manage multiple supervisory tasks distributed across displays.Background...