Cognitive control in cued task switching with transition cues: Cue processing, task processing, and cue-task transition congruency

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1916-1935

  van Loy, Björn ^a   Liefooghe, Baptist ^a   Vandierendonck, André ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cue interpretation; Cue task transition congruency; Cued task switching; Explicit task cueing; Task reconfiguration; Transition cueing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CUES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957872240     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470211003779160     Document Type: Article

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