No evidence for task automatization after dual-task training in younger and older adults

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 28-41

  Strobach, Tilo ^a   Schubert, Torsten ^b  

^a Asklepios Medical School Hamburg   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bottleneck models; Dual tasks; Dual task practice; Latent bottleneck; Task automatization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUTOMATION; DUAL-TASK PERFORMANCE (TEST); HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MODEL; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; AUTOMATISM; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEARING; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; AUTOMATISM; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85012024142     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/pag0000144     Document Type: Article

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