When goals collide: The interaction between prospective memory and task switching

Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 38-47

  West, Robert ^a   Scolaro, Ashley J ^a   Bailey, Kira ^a  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Event related brain potentials; Prospective memory; Prospective retrieval mode; Task set configuration; Task switching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CUES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MEMORY; REACTION TIME;

EID: 79954543995     PISSN: 11961961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022810     Document Type: Article

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