The cognitive and neuroanatomical correlates of multitasking

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 848-863

  Burgess, Paul W ^a   Veitch, Emma ^a   De Lacy Costello, Angela ^b   Shallice, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Frontal lobes; Prospective memory; Strategy application disorder; Structural equation modelling

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY; NEUROANATOMY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033951389     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(99)00134-7     Document Type: Article

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