Deep thinking increases task-set shielding and reduces shifting flexibility in dual-task performance

Cognition

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 303-307

  Fischer, Rico ^a   Hommel, Bernhard ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Convergent and divergent thinking; Creativity; Crosstalk; Multi tasking; PRP; Response category compatibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONVERGENT THINKING; DIVERGENT THINKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTITASKING PERFORMANCE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; THINKING; WORD ASSOCIATION TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858614484     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2011.11.015     Document Type: Article

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