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Cognitive Cost and Benefit from Voluntary Task Switching in Multitasking (멀티태스킹에서 자발적 과제전환에 의한 인지적 이득과 손실)

  • Lee, Sangmin;Lee, Ju-Hwan;Han, Kwang-Hee
    • Korean Journal of Cognitive Science
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.71-93
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    • 2013
  • Multitasking has become part of our life. Self-interruption and switching to another task become easier and more frequent. According to previous studies, however, most of the task-switching incurs a cognitive cost. This study investigated the benefit from task switching. In Study 1, participants performed two tasks were similar, and negative correlation between the number of task switching and performance were confirmed, this result is similar to previous studies. Study 2 has shown that, made a comparison of two conditions, between possible and impossible conditions in terms of task switching. Depending on switching preference, the result of task performance has differentiated and the emotion that participants had before the task has changed. Depending on participants' switching preference, there were different amount of switching cost. Moreover, for participants who preferred task switching highly than others, task switching occurred more benefit than cost.

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Automatic detection methods of abnormal task in real-time systems (Real-Time 시스템에서 abnormal task 자동 검출 방안)

  • 정창수
    • Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.286-288
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    • 2003
  • 본 논문에서는 real-time환경에서 abnormal task를 자동 검출하여 시스템 overload 및 오 동작을 사전에 검출할 수 있는 방안을 제안한다. 본 논문에서 제안한 방안은 context switching이 발생하는 시점에서 각task들의 cpu 점유율 및 context switching 횟수를 분석하여 비정상적으로 높은 cpu 점유율을 가지는 task와 과도한 context switching을 일으켜 시스템에 overload를 주는 task들을 자동으로 검출한다. 이들 이용하여 신뢰성 있는 real-time시스템 설계 및 구현을 지원할 수 있다.

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How facial emotion affects switching cost: Eastern and Western cultural differences (얼굴 표정 정서가 전환 과제 수행에 미치는 영향: 동서양 문화차)

  • Jini Tae;Yeeun Nam;Yoonhyoung Lee;Myeong-ho Sohn;Tae-hoon Kim
    • Korean Journal of Cognitive Science
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    • v.34 no.3
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    • pp.227-241
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    • 2023
  • This study aimed to examine the influence of emotional information on task switching performance from a cross-cultural perspective. Specifically we investigated whether the impact of affective information differs between Koreans and Caucasian when they perform a switching task using pictures that express positive and negative emotions. In this study, Korean and Caucasian college students were presented with either positive or negative faces and asked to perform either an emotion or a gender judgment task based on the color of the picture frame. The results showed that the switching cost from the gender judgment task to the emotion task was significantly larger than the switching cost from the gender task to the emotion task for both Koreans and Caucasians. This asymmetric switching cost was maintained when the previous and current pictures showed the same emotion but disappeared when two images presented different emotions. Regardless of the participant's cultural background, switching costs were greater for emotional tasks where the emotion was directly related to the task than for gender tasks. However, the effect of emotional switching on switching costs varied by the individual's background. Koreans were less sensitive to whether poser's emotion was changed than Americans. These results demonstrate that emotional information affects cognitive task performance and suggest that the effects of emotion may differ depending on the individual's cultural background.

Multiple Register Files for Fast Context Switching in Real-Time Systems (실시간 시스템에서 빠른 문맥 전환을 위한 다중 레지스터 파일)

  • Kim, Jong-Wung;Cho, Jeoung-Hun
    • IEMEK Journal of Embedded Systems and Applications
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    • v.5 no.3
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    • pp.128-135
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    • 2010
  • Recently complexity of embedded software cause to be used real-time operating system (RTOS) to implement various functions in the embedded system. And also, according to requirement of complex functions in embedded systems, the number as well as complexity of tasks get increased continuously. In case that many tasks collaborated in a microprocessor, context switching time between tasks is a overhead waisting a CPU resource. Therefore the time of task context switching is an important factor that affects performance of RTOS. In this paper, we concentrate on the improvement of task context switch for reducing overhead and achieving fast response time in RTOS. To achieve these goal, we suggest multiple register files and task context switching algorithm. By reducing the context switch overhead, we try to ease scheduling and assure fast response times in multitasking environment. As a result, the context switch overhead decreased by 8~16% depend on the number of register files, and some task set which are not schedulable with single register file are schedulable due to that decrease with multiple register files.

An Implementation of Task Switching and Interrupt Handling Mechanisms of OSEK Operating System based on ARM Processor (ARM 프로세서를 기반으로 한 OSEK 운영체제의 태스크 전환 및 인터럽트 핸들링 메커니즘 구현)

  • Rim, Seong-Rak;Kwon, O-Yong
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.1947-1953
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    • 2011
  • OSEK/VDX is a joint project aiming at an industry standard for ECUs in vehicles and OSEK OS is a real-time operating system that meets OSEK/VDX specifications. In this paper, we suggest an implementation of task switching and interrupt handling mechanisms of OSEK operating system based on ARM processors. Considering the requirements of OSEK OS and characteristics of ARM processor, we have designed task switching and interrupt handling mechanisms. For evaluating the validation of the suggested mechanisms, we have checked the functional correctness on an experimental embedded board with ARM processor and calculated the time of task switching and interrupt handling.

Differential Effect for Neural Activation Processes according to the Proficiency Level of Code Switching: An ERP Study (이중언어환경에서의 언어간 부호전환 수준에 따른 차별적 신경활성화 과정: ERP연구)

  • Kim, Choong-Myung
    • Phonetics and Speech Sciences
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    • v.2 no.4
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    • pp.3-10
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    • 2010
  • The present study aims to investigate neural activations according to the level of code switching in English proficient bilinguals and to find the relationship between the performance of language switching and proficiency level using ERPs (event-related potentials). First, when comparing high-proficient (HP) with low-proficient (LP) bilingual performance in a native language environment, the activation level of N2 was observed to be higher in the HP group than in the LP group, but only under two conditions: 1) the language switching (between-language) condition known as indexing attention of code switching and 2) the inhibition of current language for L1. Another effect of N400 can be shown in both groups only in the language non-switching (within-language) condition. This effect suggests that both groups completed the semantic acceptability task well in their native language environment without the burden of language switching, irrespective of high or low performance. The latencies of N400 are only about 100ms earlier in the HP group than in the LP group. This difference can be interpreted as facilitation of the given task. These results suggest that HP showed the differential activation in inhibitory system for L1 in switching condition of L1-to-L2 to be contrary to inactivation of inhibitory system for the LP group. Despite the absence of an N400 effect at the given task in both groups, differential latencies between the peaks were attributed to the differences of efficiency in semantic processing.

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Effect of Motor Cues and Secondary Task Complexity on Driving Performance and Task Switching While Driving (운전 중 IVIS 조작 상황에서 Motor Cue와 과제의 난이도가 과제 전환과 운전 주행에 미치는 영향)

  • Ryoo, Eunhyun;Han, Kwanghee
    • Science of Emotion and Sensibility
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.29-42
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    • 2018
  • As information technology is more actively incorporated into automobiles, the role of IVIS (In-Vehicle Infotainment System) is becoming increasingly important for providing convenience and entertainment for drivers. However, using the infotainment systems while driving requires task switching and attending to two visual resources simultaneously. We simulated a setting where participants have to drive while interacting with the infotainment system and examined how task difficulty and motor cues impact driver task-switching and driving performance, specifically whether the effects of motor cues differ depending on task difficulty. For the infotainment display, we used two types of number array depending on the congruency between the digit repetition and the chunking unit, while task difficulty was manipulated by the size of the touch-keys. Participants were instructed to dial two numbers on the screen while we recorded the dialing time, lateral position, inter-key press intervals, and steering wheel control. We found that dialing time and lateral position were affected by task difficulty, while the type of number array had no effect. However, the inter-key press intervals between chunked numbers and steering wheel movement both increased when participants had to use an incongruent number array, which indicates that, if number digits are repeated, chunking is ignored by the drivers. Our findings indicate that, in a dual-task condition, motor cues offset the effect of chunking and can effectively signal the timing for task switching.

Hand Proximity Effect on Task Switching Performance Through Cue Modality (손 근접성이 단서양상에 따라 과제전환 수행에 미치는 효과)

  • Choi, Jeongyoon;Han, Kwanghee
    • Science of Emotion and Sensibility
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.73-88
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    • 2018
  • The present study examined how processing features of visual information near the hand would affect task switching. Recent studies reported enhanced cognitive control of visual information presented the near hands. To investigate the enhancement of cognitive control based on the relationship between hand proximity and attention, we implemented 2 experiments. In the task switching performance experiment, the hand proximity effect depended on modality of cue and target. The first experiment showed that stimuli near the hand received greater cognitive control than stimuli far from the hand, resulting in smaller switch cost. The result could rule out the feature-binding problem, which identifies reduced switch cost as the cause instead of hand proximity. Our results show that hand proximity actually reduced switch cost. In the second experiment, we examined the effects of hand nearness, modality, and their interaction on switch cost. In task switching, the target was always visual, and the cue was presented either visually or auditorily. In addition, we manipulated the cue-target interval to observe the preparation effect of cue. The results showed that a visual cue near the hand reduced switch cost by shortening task preparation time. Also, modality switching between an auditory cue and visual target was remarkable in a hand-near condition. The results for the visual cue could be interpreted as a benefit of rapid visual attention orienting. On the other hand, the results for the auditory cue could be interpreted as the cost of interference of modality switching by slower attentional disengagement of stimuli near the hands. Finally, modulation of switch cost by attention induced by hand nearness was discussed.

WOI : Determining Area of Interest and Gaze Analysis for Task Switching in a Window Unit Behavior Measurement in Windowing System GUI (WOI : 윈도윙 시스템 GUI에서의 창 단위 작업 전환 행위 측정을 위한 관심영역 지정 및 시선 분석)

  • Ko, Eunji;Choi, Sun-Young
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.20 no.5
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    • pp.963-971
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    • 2016
  • This paper is a research of gaze analysis for measuring task switching behavior at multiple windows in GUI of windowing system. Previous methods that define area of interest for categorizing gaze had difficulties to define dynamic content that disappears or changes over time. On the other hand, this study suggests a new method to categorize gaze that defines Area of interest in a unit of window during the eye tracking experiment. In this paper, we constructed the conception of WOI(Window of Interest) in GUI of windowing system. Therefore, we developed a system using an eye tracker device and implemented a number of experiments. In addition, we analyzed the number of task switching and proportion of watched content. The method in the study comprehend from previous researches as it can measure and analyze the multi-tasking behaviors using multiple numbers of windows.

A Laxity Based On-line Real-Time Scheduling Algorithm for Multiprocessor Systems (다중프로세서 시스템을 위한 여유시간 기반의 온라인 실시간 스케줄링 알고리즘)

  • Cho, Kyu-Eok;Kim, Yong-Seok
    • The KIPS Transactions:PartA
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    • v.16A no.6
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    • pp.437-442
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    • 2009
  • For multiprocessor systems, Earliest Deadline First (EDF) based on deadline and Least Laxity First (LLF) based on laxity are not suitable for practical environment since EDF has low schedulability and LLF has high context switching overhead. As a combining of EDF and LLF to improve the performance, Earliest Deadline Zero Laxity (EDZL) was proposed. EDZL is basically the same as EDF. But if the laxity of a task becomes zero, its priority is promoted to the highest level. In this paper, we propose Least Laxity Zero Laxity (LLZL) which is based on LLF. But context switching is allowed only if the laxity of a task on rady queue becomes zero. Simulation results show that LLZL has high schedulability approaching to LLF and low context switching overhead similar to EDF. In comparison with EDZL, LLZL has better performance in both of schedulability and context switching overhead.