Timing is affected by demands in memory search but not by task switching

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 580-595

  Fortin, Claudette ^a   Schweickert, Richard ^b   Gaudreault, Rémi ^a   Viau Quesnel, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interference; Task switching; Timing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; READING; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TIME PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ATTENTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; READING; TIME PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955546504     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017639     Document Type: Article

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