Eye movements reveal dynamics of task control

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 489-509

  Mayr, Ulrich ^a   Kuhns, David ^a   Rieter, Miranda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Executive control; Eye movements; Mixed modeling; Task switching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881254803     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029353     Document Type: Article

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