Differential contributions of set-shifting and monitoring to dual-task interference

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 587-612

  Cooper, Richard P ^a   Wutke, Karolina ^b   Davelaar, Eddy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dual task interference; Executive functions; Monitoring; Random number generation; Set shifting; Wisconsin Card Sorting Test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859509228     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2011.629053     Document Type: Article

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