The role of practice and automaticity in temporal and nontemporal dual-task performance

Psychological Research

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 80-89

  Brown, S W ^a   Bennett, E D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036483353     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004260100076     Document Type: Article

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