Contextual cues aid recovery from interruption: The role of associative activation

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1120-1132

  Hodgetts, Helen M ^a,b   Jones, Dylan M ^a,b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Associative activation; Goals; Interruption; Memory; Tower of London

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748421892     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.32.5.1120     Document Type: Article

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