Cognitive Load Disrupts Implicit Theory-of-Mind Processing

Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 842-847

  Schneider, Dana ^a   Lam, Rebecca ^a   Bayliss, Andrew P ^b   Dux, Paul E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cognitive load; dual task performance; eye movements; implicit cognitive processes; social cognition; theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OCULOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY OF MIND; YOUNG ADULT;

COGNITION; EYE MOVEMENT MEASUREMENTS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; THEORY OF MIND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865053636     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612439070     Document Type: Article

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