timo mäntylä
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RESEARCH INTERESTS
In addition to different aspects of memory functions, my research has focused on similarities and differences among higher cognitive functions by relating individual differences in decision making, metacognitive functions and executive control functions. A related project investigates individual differences in multitasking and its relation to attention, memory and other cognitive functions.
My ongoing research is funded by the Swedish Research Council and Riksbankens Jubileumsfond:
INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN MULTITASKING
Many daily activities require scheduling and interleaving of multiple tasks within a limited time frame. Multitasking implies dealing with multiple goal-directed tasks, and is often necessary in order to successfully coordinate and navigate through numerous everyday activities. A core feature of multitasking is the requirement for temporal integration and monitoring of overlapping action sequences within limited time frames. How people allocate limited cognitive resources to multiple concurrent tasks is a topic of considerable theoretical and practical interest, especially in our dynamic e-society. Despite its ubiquitous requirement, theoretical knowledge and practical guidelines about multitasking is very limited. The overall aim of this project is to investigate cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying everyday multitasking. The project reflects both theoretical and applied perspectives, focusing on individual differences in multitasking and their neural correlates. Responding to concerns about adolescents' (and many adults') extensive media multitasking, a more applied goal of the proposal is to investigate effects and consequences of media multitasking on cognitive control functions, memory and related higher cognitive functions.
AGING AND DECISION-MAKING COMPETENCE
Decision-making skills are critical for preserving physical and psychological well-being in older adulthood. A central aim of the project is to investigate how older adults perceive and evaluate decision problems in their real life, and to understand how the aging decision makers interact with the environment in order to cope with cognitive and emotional changes. A related aim is to develop standardized instruments for the objective assessment of individual and age-related differences in judgment and decision-making competence. A more applied contribution of the project is to develop theoretically and empirically-justified guidelines for effective forms of decision support, which can be positively accepted by elderly people. The results of the project will advance our knowledge of how elderly adults handle and cope with complex everyday decision tasks while their physical and cognitive resources are gradually reducing. The present project will also provide insights and explicit guidelines for decision aiding in older adults.
My ongoing research is funded by the Swedish Research Council and Riksbankens Jubileumsfond:
INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN MULTITASKING
Many daily activities require scheduling and interleaving of multiple tasks within a limited time frame. Multitasking implies dealing with multiple goal-directed tasks, and is often necessary in order to successfully coordinate and navigate through numerous everyday activities. A core feature of multitasking is the requirement for temporal integration and monitoring of overlapping action sequences within limited time frames. How people allocate limited cognitive resources to multiple concurrent tasks is a topic of considerable theoretical and practical interest, especially in our dynamic e-society. Despite its ubiquitous requirement, theoretical knowledge and practical guidelines about multitasking is very limited. The overall aim of this project is to investigate cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying everyday multitasking. The project reflects both theoretical and applied perspectives, focusing on individual differences in multitasking and their neural correlates. Responding to concerns about adolescents' (and many adults') extensive media multitasking, a more applied goal of the proposal is to investigate effects and consequences of media multitasking on cognitive control functions, memory and related higher cognitive functions.
AGING AND DECISION-MAKING COMPETENCE
Decision-making skills are critical for preserving physical and psychological well-being in older adulthood. A central aim of the project is to investigate how older adults perceive and evaluate decision problems in their real life, and to understand how the aging decision makers interact with the environment in order to cope with cognitive and emotional changes. A related aim is to develop standardized instruments for the objective assessment of individual and age-related differences in judgment and decision-making competence. A more applied contribution of the project is to develop theoretically and empirically-justified guidelines for effective forms of decision support, which can be positively accepted by elderly people. The results of the project will advance our knowledge of how elderly adults handle and cope with complex everyday decision tasks while their physical and cognitive resources are gradually reducing. The present project will also provide insights and explicit guidelines for decision aiding in older adults.
PUBLICATIONS
- Ivo Todorov, Veit Kubik, Maria Grazia Carelli, Fabio Del Missier, & Timo Mäntylä (2018). Spatial offloading in multiple task monitoring. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 0, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1080/20445911.2018.1436551
- Larsson Sundqvist, M., Mäntylä, T., & Jönsson, F. U. (2017). Assessing boundary conditions of the testing effect: On the relative efficacy of covert versus overt retrieval. Frontiers in Psychology, 8:1018. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01018 [Download article]
- Mäntylä, T., Coni, V., Kubik, V., Todorov, I., & Del Missier, F. (2017). Times takes space: Selective effects of multitasking on concurrent spatial processing. Cognitive Processing, 1–7. doi:10.1007/s10339-017-0799-4
- Del Missier, F., Hansson, P., Parker, A., Bruine de Bruin, W., Nilsson, L.-G., & Mäntylä, T. (2017). Unraveling the aging skein: Disentangling sensory and cognitive predictors of age-related differences in decision making. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 30 (1), 123–139. DOI: 10.1002/bdm.1926
- Del Missier, F., Mäntylä, T., & Nilsson, L. G. (2015). Aging, memory, and decision making. In T. M. Hess, C. E. Loeckenhoff, & J.-N. Strough (Eds.), Aging and decision-making: Empirical and applied perspectives (pp. 127–148). Elsevier Academic Press. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-417148-0.00007-8
- Del Missier, F., Visentini, M., & Mäntylä, T. (2015). Option generation in decision making: Ideation beyond memory retrieval. Frontiers in Psychology, 5 (1584), 127–148. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01584
- Todorov, I., Del Missier, F., Konke, L. A., & Mäntylä, T. (2015). Deadlines in space: Selective effects of coordinate spatial processing in multitasking. Memory & Cognition, 1–13. DOI: 10.3758/s13421-015-0529-z
- Del Missier, F., Visentini, M., & Mäntylä, T. (2015). Option generation in decision making: Ideation beyond memory retrieval. Frontiers in Psychology, 5 (1584),127–148. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01584
- Del Missier, F., Mäntylä, T., & Nilsson, L. G. (2015). Aging, memory, and decision making. In T. M. Hess, C. E. Loeckenhoff, & J.-N. Strough (Eds.), Aging and decision-making: Empirical and applied perspectives (pp. 127–148). Elsevier Academic Press. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-417148-0.00007-8
- Todorov, I., Del Missier, F., & Mäntylä, T. (2014). Age differences in multiple task monitoring. PLoS ONE, 9(9): e107619. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107619
- Del Missier, F., Mäntylä, T., Hansson, P., Bruine de Bruin, W., Parker, A., & Nilsson, L.-G. (2013). The multifold relationship between memory and decision making: An individual-differences study. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 39, 1344–1364. DOI: 10.1037/a0032379
- Mäntylä, T., & Todorov, I. (2013). Questioning Anecdotal Beliefs and Scientific Findings. A Reply to Strayer, Medeiros-Ward, and Watson (2013). Psychological Science, 24, 811–812. DOI: 10.1177/0956797612475319
- Mäntylä, T. (2013). Gender differences in multitasking reflect spatial ability. Psychological Science, 24, 514–520. DOI: 10.1177/0956797612459660
- Mäntylä, T., Still, J., Gullberg, S., & Del Missier, F. (2012). Decision making in adults with attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder. Journal of Attention Disorders, 16, 164–173. DOI: 10.1177/1087054709360494
CONTACT
Frescati Hagväg 14, rum 120
Department of Psychology
Stockholm University
106 91 Stockholm
Tel: 08-162008
Fax: 08-159342
[email protected]
Department of Psychology
Stockholm University
106 91 Stockholm
Tel: 08-162008
Fax: 08-159342
[email protected]