The impact of regulatory fit on performance in an inattentional blindness paradigm

Journal of General Psychology

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 129-139

  Memmert, Daniel ^a   Unkelbach, Christian ^b   Ganns, Steffen ^b  

^a GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive flexibility; Inattentional blindness; Regulatory fit; Regulatory focus theory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL CONTROL; VISION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77950269653     PISSN: 00221309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221301003645061     Document Type: Article

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