Control by action representation and input selection (CARIS): A theoretical framework for task switching

Psychological Research

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 473-500

  Meiran, Nachshon ^a   Kessler, Yoav ^a   Adi Japha, Esther ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMAN; LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMANS; LEARNING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 46349097236     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-008-0136-8     Document Type: Article

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