Failure to maintain set: A measure of distractibility or cognitive flexibility?

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 828-832

  Figueroa, Ivonne J ^a   Youmans, Robert J ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHIVAL DATA; BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT; CARD-SORTING; COGNITIVE FLEXIBILITY; COGNITIVE PROCESS; DEPENDENT VARIABLES; DIVIDED ATTENTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION;

ERGONOMICS; PHYSICAL THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

EID: 84889808920     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1177/1541931213571180     Document Type: Conference Paper

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