The Dissipating Task-Repetition Benefit in Cued Task Switching: Task-Set Decay or Temporal Distinctiveness?

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 455-472

  Horoufchin, Himeh ^a   Philipp, Andrea M ^a   Koch, Iring ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activation decay; Episodic retrieval; Response Cue Interval (RCI); Task switching; Temporal distinctiveness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954530139     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020557     Document Type: Article

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