Differential contribution of task conflicts to task switch cost and task mixing cost in alternating runs and cued task-switching: evidence from ex-Gaussian modeling of reaction time distributions

Psychological Research

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 259-266

  Shahar, Nitzan ^a   Meiran, Nachshon ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASSOCIATION; CONFLICT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922658434     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-014-0569-1     Document Type: Article

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