Temporal cue-target overlap is not essential for backward inhibition in task switching

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2068-2079

  Grange, James A ^a   Houghton, George ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Backward inhibition; Cue processing; Task switching; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LINGUISTICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449567218     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210802696096     Document Type: Article

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