Increased control demand results in serial processing: Evidence from dual-task performance

Psychological Science

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 833-840

  Luria, Roy ^a   Meiran, Nachshon ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; HUMANS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SERIAL LEARNING; STUDENTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 27744605880     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2005.01622.x     Document Type: Article

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