Inhibitory motor control in stop paradigms: Review and reinterpretation of neural mechanisms

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 101, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 179-211

  Band, G P H ^a   Van Boxtel, G J M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Go no go paradigm; LRP; Response inhibition; Stop signal paradigm

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; REVIEW;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REACTION TIME;

EID: 0033113166     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0001-6918(99)00005-0     Document Type: Article

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