Inhibition, interference, and conflict in task switching

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1193-1201

  Costa, Russell E ^a,b   Friedrich, Frances J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b WESTMINSTER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict reduction; Inhibition; Interference control; Task switching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870192977     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-012-0311-1     Document Type: Article

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