some scientific studies have shown such a connection, others have not. The subject is presented with a sequence of stimuli, and the task consists of indicating...

test) that is widely used in clinical practice and investigation. A basic task that demonstrates this effect occurs when there is a mismatch between the...

The water level task has been of interest to psychologists due to puzzling sex differences in performance of the task. Multiple studies have indicated...

A task force (TF) is a unit or formation established to work on a single defined task or activity. Originally introduced by the United States Navy, the...

Task-based language teaching (TBLT), also known as task-based instruction (TBI), focuses on the use of authentic language to complete meaningful tasks...

psychomotor vigilance task, descending subtraction task (DST), auditory reaction time task, and the finger tapping task. Studies have shown that abrupt...

who brought the task to prominence in a series of studies on semantic memory and word recognition in the early 1970s. Since then, the task has been used...

The Joint Special Operations Command Task Force which fought in the Iraq War was a joint U.S. and British special operations temporary grouping assembled...

the A-not-B task, the Dimensional Change Card Sorting Task, the Multiple Classification Card Sorting Task, the Wisconsin Card Sorting Task, and the Stroop...

selection task (or four-card problem) is a logic puzzle devised by Peter Cathcart Wason in 1966. It is one of the most famous tasks in the study of deductive...