When predictions take control: The effect of task predictions on task switching performance

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue AUG, 2012, Pages

  Duthoo, Wout ^a   De Baene, Wouter ^a   Wühr, Peter ^b   Notebaert, Wim ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Expectancy bias; Prediction; Proactive cognitive control; Switch cost; Task switching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867118957     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00282     Document Type: Article

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