Contrasting effects of interference and of breaks in interval timing

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-16

  Gaudreault, Rémi ^a   Fortin, Claudette ^a   Macar, Françoise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Institut de Neurosciences Cognitives de la Méditerranée   (France)

Author keywords

Attention; Dual task; Interference; Time estimation; Time sharing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 74149083249     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2009.07.013     Document Type: Article

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