Citation

Klapp ST. Mem. Cognit. 1979; 7(5): 375-381.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1979, Psychonomic Society)

DOI

10.3758/BF03196942

PMID

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Abstract

Performance in a periodically repeating keypress response was measured as a function of the relation between the response patterns required of the two hands. Compared to identical left- and right-hand responses, performance was degraded when the temporal periods of the left- and right-hand responses were not harmonically related. By contrast, performance was not degraded compared to the identical task control when the left- and right-hand responses had the same or harmonically related periods. These findings suggest a limitation in parallel generation of multiple time frames that is assumed to be associated with a late stage of central processing in which response commands are generated.


Keywords: Driver distraction;

Language: en