The role of inhibition in task switching: A review

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-14

  Koch, Iring ^a,b   Gade, Miriam ^b,c   Schuch, Stefanie ^a   Philipp, Andrea M ^a,b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CONFLICT; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ATTENTION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 74849092332     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/PBR.17.1.1     Document Type: Article

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