Processing order in dual-tasks when the duration of motor responses varies

Universitas Psychologica

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1439-1452

  Fernández, Susana Ruiz ^a   Leonhard, Tanja ^b   Lachmair, Martin ^a   Rolke, Bettina ^b   Ulrich, Rolf ^b  

^a KNOWLEDGE MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive science; Processing order; Psychological refractory period; Response duration; Tone discrimination; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903941347     PISSN: 16579267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11144/Javeriana.UPSY12-5.podt     Document Type: Article

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