Component Processes in Task Switching

Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 211-253

  Meiran, Nachshon ^a   Chorev, Ziv ^a   Sapir, Ayelet ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; HUMAN; RANDOMIZATION; REACTION TIME;

COGNITION; CUES; HUMANS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0034322414     PISSN: 00100285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cogp.2000.0736     Document Type: Article

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