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The role of exogenous and endogenous factors in voluntary task switching

The role of several factors that influence task switching behavior is studied by means of a paradigm in which participatns decide voluntarily when to switch to another task. The role of perceptual factors, prior experience and knowledge and executive factors are studied experimentally.

Date:1 Jan 2007 →  31 Dec 2011
Keywords:task switch, working memory, executive control
Disciplines:Animal experimental and comparative psychology, Biological and physiological psychology, Human experimental psychology, Applied psychology