Processing of irrelevant location information under dual-task conditions

Psychological Research

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 459-467

  Müsseler, Jochen ^a   Wühr, Peter ^b   Umiltá, Carlo ^c  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONFLICT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HEARING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PITCH PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 33750017555     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-005-0010-x     Document Type: Article

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