Flanker effects on motor output and the late-level response activation hypothesis

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 577-601

  Mattler, Uwe ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN CORTEX; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 18844367485     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724980443000089     Document Type: Article

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