Delaying execution of intentions: Overcoming the costs of interruptions

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 533-547

  McDaniel, Mark A ^a   Einstein, Gilles O ^b   Graham, Thomas ^a   Rall, Erica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b FURMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEMORY; MENTAL TASK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 7744247106     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1002     Document Type: Article

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