Dissociating proactively and retroactively cued task switching: A route towards neuropsychological analyses of cognitive control

Neuropsychological Trends

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-70

  Kopp, Bruno ^a,b   Wessel, Karl ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b Hospital Braunschweig   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Executive functions; Pro vs. Retroactive cuing; Task switching; Task vs. transition cuing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857866002     PISSN: 1970321X     EISSN: 19703201     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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