Attention and performance

Annual Review of Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue , 2001, Pages 629-651

  Pashler, Harold ^a   Johnston, James C ^b   Ruthruff, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Attentional control; Dual task interference; Psychological refractory effect; Reflexive orienting; Task switching

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ATTENTION; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0035235932     PISSN: 00664308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.psych.52.1.629     Document Type: Article

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