Task switching and subjective duration

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 531-543

  Wearden, J H ^a   O'Rourke, Susan C ^b   Matchwick, Claire ^b   Min, Zhang ^a   Maeers, Sharon ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention and timing; Attentional gate; Interval production; Switch processes; Task switching; Time estimation

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; STUDENT; TIME; TIME PERCEPTION; UNIVERSITY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CUES; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION; UNIVERSITIES; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77949556473     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210903024768     Document Type: Article

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