Concurrent response-selection processes in dual-task performance: Evidence for adaptive executive control of task scheduling

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 791-814

  Schumacher, Eric H ^b   Lauber, Erick J ^b   Glass, Jennifer M ^b   Zurbriggen, Eileen L ^b   Gmeindl, Leon ^b   Kieras, David E ^b   Meyer, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033417507     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.25.3.791     Document Type: Article

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