Information continuity across the response selection bottleneck: Early parallel Task 2 response activation contributes to overt Task 2 performance

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 934-953

  Thomson, Sandra J ^a   Watter, Scott ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Backward compatibility effects; Dual task performance; Psychological refractory period; Response activation; Response selection bottleneck

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL REFRACTORY PERIOD; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFRACTORY PERIOD, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879430602     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: 1943393X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13414-013-0457-6     Document Type: Article

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