Global determinants of the local costs associated with shifts between simple cognitve tasks;Globale Determinanten lokaler Kosten bei Aufgabenwechseln

Psychologische Rundschau

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 217-224

  Kleinsorge, Thomas ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Executive functions; Task set; Task shifting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142168936     PISSN: 00333042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1026//0033-3042.54.4.217     Document Type: Article

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