Inhibitory processes for critical situations-the role of n-2 task repetition costs in human multitasking situations

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 3 MAY, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Gade, Miriam ^a   Koch, Iring ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Interference; Multitasking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866358362     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00159     Document Type: Article

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