Trial-to-Trial Modulations of the Simon Effect in Conditions of Attentional Limitations: Evidence From Dual Tasks

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1576-1594

  Fischer, Rico ^a   Plessow, Franziska ^a   Kunde, Wilfried ^b   Kiesel, Andrea ^c  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive load; Conflict; Conflict adaptation; Dual task; Episodic retrieval cognitive control; Simon effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEARING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ATTENTION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); JUDGMENT; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PITCH PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; REVERSAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650132599     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019326     Document Type: Article

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