The Shielding Function of Task Sets and Its Relaxation During Task Switching

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1540-1546

  Dreisbach, Gesine ^a   Wenke, Dorit ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Repetition effect; Task set; Task shielding; Task switching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; LEISURE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RELAXATION; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82155170539     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024077     Document Type: Article

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