A computational model of fractionated conflict-control mechanisms in task-switching

@article{Brown2007ACM,
  title={A computational model of fractionated conflict-control mechanisms in task-switching},
  author={Joshua W. Brown and Jeremy R. Reynolds and Todd Samuel Braver},
  journal={Cognitive Psychology},
  year={2007},
  volume={55},
  pages={37-85}
}
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