More attention to attention? An eye-tracking investigation of selection of perceptual attributes during a task switch

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1142-1151

  Longman, Cai S ^a   Lavric, Aureliu ^a   Monsell, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eye tracking; Selective attention; Task set; Task switching; Task set inertia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; ORIENTATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; TIME; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880692890     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030409     Document Type: Article

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