On the interaction of concurrent verbal and manual tasks: Which initial task conditions produce interference?

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 349-354

  Whitall, Jill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual task; Finger tapping; Verbal tasks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTOR SKILLS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0030226067     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.1996.10607963     Document Type: Article

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