Task switching

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 134-140

  Monsell, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; ERROR ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NEUROLOGY;

TASK SWITCHING;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; IMAGING; LANGUAGE; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MEMORY; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0037334647     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6613(03)00028-7     Document Type: Review

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