Mood states determine the degree of task shielding in dual-task performance

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1142-1152

  Zwosta, Katharina ^a   Hommel, Bernhard ^b   Goschke, Thomas ^a   Fischer, Rico ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Crosstalk; Mood; PRP; Task shielding; Valence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84881660597     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2013.772047     Document Type: Article

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