Choosing to switch: Spontaneous task switching despite associated behavioral costs

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 120-128

  Kessler, Yoav ^a   Shencar, Yael ^a   Meiran, Nachshon ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Executive functions; Free will; Spontaneous switching; Task switching; Volition

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COLOR VISION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; COGNITION; COLOR PERCEPTION; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SIZE PERCEPTION; SOFTWARE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 67349119970     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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