On the automaticity of ipsilateral response activation in the Simon effect

Psychophysiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 366-371

  Valle Inclán, Fernando ^a,b   Redondo, Milagros ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^b Departamento de Psicología   (Spain)

Author keywords

Event related potentials; Motor preparation; Perceptual motor reactions; Readiness; Spatial compatibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0031749866     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0048577298960917     Document Type: Article

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