Effects of extensive dual-task practice on processing stages in simultaneous choice tasks

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 900-920

  Strobach, Tilo ^a,b   Liepelt, Roman ^c   Pashler, Harold ^d   Frensch, Peter A ^b   Schubert, Torsten ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual task performance; Practice effects; Processing stage shortening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SENSORY FEEDBACK; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879439360     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: 1943393X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13414-013-0451-z     Document Type: Article

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