The effect of stimulus availability on task choice in voluntary task switching

Memory and Cognition

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 991-997

  Arrington, Catherine M ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONSONANT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOWEL; WORKING MEMORY;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VOLITION;

EID: 46449131196     PISSN: 0090502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/MC.36.5.991     Document Type: Article

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