It has been recently suggested that research on human multitasking is best organized according to three research perspectives, which differ in their focus on cognitive structure, flexibility, and plasticity. Even though it is argued that the perspectives should be seen as complementary, there has not been a formal approach describing or explaining the intersections between the three perspectives. With this theoretical note, we would like to show that the explicit consideration of individual differences is one possible way to elaborate in more detail on how and why the perspectives complement each other. We will define structure, flexibility, and plasticity; describe what constitutes individual differences; will outline selected empirical examples; and raise possible future research questions helping to develop the research field.

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个体差异填补了多任务处理中认知结构、灵活性和可塑性之间未知的交叉点。

最近有人建议，人类多任务研究最好根据三个研究视角来组织，这三个视角在认知结构、灵活性和可塑性方面的重点不同。尽管有人认为这些观点应该被视为互补的，但还没有一种正式的方法来描述或解释这三个观点之间的交叉点。通过这一理论说明，我们想表明，明确考虑个体差异是一种可能的方式，可以更详细地阐述这些观点如何以及为何相互补充。我们将定义结构、灵活性和可塑性；描述什么构成了个体差异；将概述选定的经验示例；并提出有助于发展研究领域的未来可能的研究问题。