Synchrony Effects in Inhibitory Control over Thought and Action

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 363-379

  May, Cynthia P ^a   Hasher, Lynn ^b  

^a University of Arizona ^*  (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; THINKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); THINKING;

EID: 0032043768     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.24.2.363     Document Type: Article

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