Constraints on using the dual-task methodology to specify the degree of central executive involvement in cognitive tasks

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 376-385

  Hegarty, Mary ^a   Shah, Priti ^b   Miyake, Akira ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL TASK; METHODOLOGY; PHONETICS; PSYCHOMETRY; RESPONSE TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0034040737     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03198553     Document Type: Article

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