Symbolic Distance between Numerosity and Identity Modulates Stroop Interference

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1535-1545

  Pavese, Antonella ^b   Umiltà, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; READING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); JUDGMENT; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; READING; VOLITION;

EID: 0032177003     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.24.5.1535     Document Type: Article

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