Are stimulus-response rules represented phonologically for task-set preparation and maintenance?

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1538-1551

  van't Wout, Félice ^a   Lavric, Aureliu ^a   Monsell, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Phonological coding; Procedural working memory; S R rules; Task cuing; Task switching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883790000     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031672     Document Type: Article

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