The Effects of Recent Practice on Task Switching

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 919-936

  Yeung, Nick ^a,c   Monsell, Stephen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL FUNCTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL PROCESSES; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0242677821     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.29.5.919     Document Type: Article

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