On the control of automatic processes: A parallel distributed processing account of the stroop effect

Psychological Review

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 332-361

  Cohen, Jonathan D ^a,b,c   Dunbar, Kevin ^d   McClelland, James L ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; HUMAN; REACTION TIME; REVIEW; SEMANTICS;

ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; HUMAN; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0025453517     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.97.3.332     Document Type: Article

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