Nachtrag

N.N., Monday, 14.04.2008, 14:59 (vor 6460 Tagen) @ N.N.

Der im FAZ-Artikel erwähnte Multitasking-Forscher David E. Meyer von der Universität Michigan hat in einem CNN-Interview aus dem Jahre 2001 selbst ausdrücklich konstatiert, daß eventuell bestehende Geschlechtsunterschiede bislang nicht nennenswert seien. Wie oben bereits gesagt gibt es bis dato keine wissenschaftlichen Untersuchungen zu diesem Thema. Hier der einschlägige Auszug aus dem Interview:

Stephen Frazier (CNN): "(...) I'm curious to know whether there's a gender difference. People say men focus on one thing at the exclusion of others; women can balance a lot better. Did you find that borne out in your study?"

Prof. David E. Meyer: "In our particular study, where we brought both young males and young females -- college students -- into the lab, there was no evidence whatsoever of any gender difference in performance. Both the males and the females, under our circumstances, showed these types of extra switching time costs and inefficiencies in multitasking. Of course, it has been suggested, as you point out, that under some circumstances, perhaps there could be a gender difference or other types of differences between people having to do with their degree of skill, their personality type, and so forth. But insofar as we can tell under our particular circumstances, which are relatively representative of at least some daily life situations, there are no significant gender differences worth mentioning at this time, though this should be followed up by further investigation."

Quelle: http://www.umich.edu/~bcalab/articles/CNNTranscript2001.html