Self-organization of cognitive performance

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 331-350

  Van Orden, Guy C ^c   Holden, John G ^a   Turvey, Michael T ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; COGNITION; FRACTALS; HUMANS; INTENTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0042879849     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.132.3.331     Document Type: Article

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