Quote: interruptions have a disruptive effect on a users's task performance and emotional state; increases with mental load; experiment

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When an automating application needs a user's input … the user's current task. To empirically validate why … an interruption on a user's task performance, annoyance, … disruptive effect on both a user's task performance … the point of interruption. … [p. 600] Just as one person tries not to … Not only is interrupting a user rude behavior, … and emotional state.   Google-1   Google-2

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Quote: applications should not interrupt a user already engaged in a task; hurts task performance and emotional state

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