Does task-set reconfiguration create cognitive slack?

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 92-100

  Gilbert, Sam J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COLOR VISION; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

COGNITION; COLOR PERCEPTION; HUMANS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VOCABULARY;

EID: 14544276446     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.31.1.92     Document Type: Article

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