Measuring task-switching ability in the implicit association test

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 167-179

  Back, Mitja D ^a   Schmukle, Stefan C ^a   Egloff, Boris ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

IAT; Method specific variance; Task switching

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERSONALITY TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SET (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 22544442187     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169.52.3.167     Document Type: Article

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