Individual differences in children's performance during an emotional Stroop task: A behavioral and electrophysiological study

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-51

  Pérez Edgar, Koraly ^a   Fox, Nathan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DISABILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0037940024     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-2626(03)00007-1     Document Type: Article

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