Concurrent working memory load can reduce distraction

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 102, Issue 45, 2005, Pages 16524-16529

  Kim, So Yeon ^a   Kim, Min Shik ^a   Chun, Marvin M ^b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognitive load; Executive control; Stroop interference

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRACTIBILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROOP INTERFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ATTENTION; COGNITION; HUMANS; MEMORY; REACTION TIME;

EID: 28044439435     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0505454102     Document Type: Article

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