Task Switching and Response Correspondence in the Psychological Refractory Period Paradigm

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 692-712

  Lien, Mei Ching ^a   Schweickert, Richard ^b   Proctor, Robert W ^b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLOGY; REACTION TIME; VISION;

COGNITION; HUMANS; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLOGY; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0141530954     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.29.3.692     Document Type: Article

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