Taxing executive processes does not necessarily increase impulsive decision making

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 193-201

  Franco Watkins, Ana M ^a   Rickard, Timothy C ^b   Pashler, Hal ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive load; Decision making; Executive processes; Impulsivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 77951632406     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169/a000024     Document Type: Article

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