Virtually Perfect Time Sharing in Dual-Task Performance: Uncorking the Central Cognitive Bottleneck

Psychological Science

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 101-108

  Schumacher, Eric H ^a   Seymour, Travis L ^c   Glass, Jennifer M ^c   Fencsik, David E ^c   Lauber, Erick J ^c   Kieras, David E ^c   Meyer, David E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c University of Michigan ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LEARNING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); REFRACTORY PERIOD, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035291741     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00318     Document Type: Article

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