Executive control in the Simon effect: An electromyographic and distributional analysis

Psychological Research

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 324-336

  Burle, Borís ^a,c   Possamaï, Camille Aimé ^d   Vidal, Franck ^a,b   Bonnet, Michel ^a   Hasbroucq, Thierry ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Inst Med Navale Serv S Armees   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d Lab d'Anal la Perf Motrice Hum   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0013236931     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-002-0105-6     Document Type: Article

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