Differential Effects of Cue Changes and Task Changes on Task-Set Selection Costs

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 362-372

  Mayr, Ulrich ^a   Kliegl, Reinhold ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COLOR VISION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MEMORY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; REACTION TIME; TIME;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MEMORY; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0042911866     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.29.3.362     Document Type: Article

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