Managing one's own cognitive load when evidence of split attention is present

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 878-886

  Roodenrys, Kylie ^a   Agostinho, Shirley ^a   Roodenrys, Steven ^a   Chandler, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; POSTGRADUATE STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84870312301     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.2889     Document Type: Article

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