Serial or parallel processing in dual tasks: What is more effortful?

Psychophysiology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 502-509

  Lehle, Carola ^a   Steinhauser, Marco ^a   Hübner, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognition and motivation; Electrodermal; Heart rate; Normal volunteers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESPONSE TIME; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 64149102373     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2009.00806.x     Document Type: Article

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