Attention allocation in the dual-task paradigm as measured through behavioral and psychophysiological responses

Psychophysiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 175-185

  Karatekin, Canan ^a   Couperus, Jane W ^a   Marcus, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Divided attention; Dual task; Mental effort; Resources; Task evoked pupillary responses; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 1942440479     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2004.00147.x     Document Type: Article

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