Keep flexible – Keep switching! The influence of forced task switching on voluntary task switching

2017/02/11 by Kerstin Fröber, Gesine Dreisbach · 27 citations
Mathematics · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Action Observation and Synchronization #Balance (ability) #Cognition #Cognitive flexibility #Cognitive psychology #Context (archaeology) #Economics #Flexibility (engineering) #Mathematics #Motor Control and Adaptation #Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies #Neuroscience #Psychology #Statistics #Task (project management) #Task switching #Turnover #Two-alternative forced choice

paper · doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2017.01.024

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