Response selection in dual task paradigms: Observations from random generation tasks

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 201, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 535-548

  Dirnberger, Georg ^a,b   Jahanshahi, Marjan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dual task; Random generation; Response selection under conflict; Willed action; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBALIZATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COGNITION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; VOLITION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951090303     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-009-2068-y     Document Type: Article

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