Voluntary task switching: Chasing the elusive homunculus

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 683-702

  Arrington, Catherine M ^a   Logan, Gordon D ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Executive control; Voluntary task switching

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REVIEW;

ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SET (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 23844488758     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.31.4.683     Document Type: Review

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