Cue-Independent Task-Specific Representations in Task Switching: Evidence From Backward Inhibition

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 892-899

  Altmann, Erik M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

backward inhibition; cognitive control; compound cue model; task switching

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 34548848241     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.33.5.892     Document Type: Article

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