Switching tasks and attention policies

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 308-339

  Gopher, Daniel ^a   Armony, Lilach ^a   Greenshpan, Yaakov ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); SET (PSYCHOLOGY); TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034277059     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.129.3.308     Document Type: Article

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