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Task-switching

Task-Switching is a cognitive control mechanism in human factors research that refers to the process by which individuals shift attention and executive resources between distinct operational tasks, particularly in dynamic environments involving shared autonomy and collective transport systems.

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Dissociating the Role of the Dorsolateral Prefrontal and Anterior Cingulate Cortex in Cognitive Control

Angus W. MacDonald, Jonathan D. Cohen, V. Andrew Stenger et al. · Science · 2000 · 3.7K citations

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Costs of a predictible switch between simple cognitive tasks.

Robert D. Rogers, Stephen Monsell · Journal of Experimental Psychology General · 1995 · 3.1K citations

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The Relations Among Inhibition and Interference Control Functions: A Latent-Variable Analysis.

Naomi P. Friedman, Akira Miyake · Journal of Experimental Psychology General · 2004 · 2.3K citations

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Development of cognitive control and executive functions from 4 to 13 years: Evidence from manipulations of memory, inhibition, and task switching

Matthew C. Davidson, Dima Amso, Loren Cruess Anderson et al. · Neuropsychologia · 2006 · 2.2K citations · Full text

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Cognitive control in media multitaskers

Eyal Ophir, Clifford Nass, Anthony D. Wagner · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2009 · 1.7K citations · Full text

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    Iring Koch

    RWTH Aachen University, Germany

    47 publications · 2.5K citations

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    Nachshon Meiran

    Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

    35 publications · 4.7K citations

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    Frini Karayanidis

    University of Newcastle Australia, Australia

    23 publications · 1.7K citations

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    Gordon D. Logan

    Vanderbilt University, United States

    22 publications · 1.8K citations

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    Darryl W. Schneider

    Vanderbilt University, United States

    23 publications · 1.3K citations

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Institutions

926

  1. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

    Beersheba, Israel

    32 h-index

    79 publications

    8.6K citations

  2. Ghent University

    Ghent, Belgium

    32 h-index

    113 publications

    5.7K citations

  3. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    26 h-index

    54 publications

    7.4K citations

  4. Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences

    Leipzig, Germany

    26 h-index

    60 publications

    9.3K citations

  5. RWTH Aachen University

    Aachen, Germany

    24 h-index

    99 publications

    3.3K citations

  6. University of Newcastle Australia

    Newcastle, Australia

    21 h-index

    89 publications

    5.9K citations

  7. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    20 h-index

    40 publications

    2.6K citations

  8. Washington University in St. Louis

    St Louis, United States

    20 h-index

    69 publications

    7K citations

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  3. Psychological Research

    44 publications · 3.4K citations

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  4. Journal of Neuroscience

    29 publications · 3.3K citations

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  5. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

    32 publications · 2.9K citations

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