Automaticity without extensive training: The role of memory retrieval in implementation of task-defined rules

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 347-354

  Yamaguchi, Motonori ^a,b   Proctor, Robert W ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automaticity; Executive control; Instance theory; Response congruity; Task switching; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CUES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; LEARNING; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 79955778240     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-011-0050-8     Document Type: Article

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