Habit and nonhabit systems for unconscious and conscious behavior: Implications for multitasking

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 273-283

  Lisman, John ^a   Sternberg, Eliezer J ^b  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CONSCIOUSNESS; EGO DEVELOPMENT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HABIT; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY STIMULATION; STRIATE CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 84871736564     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00319     Document Type: Article

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