Coloring an action: Intending to produce color events eliminates the Stroop effect

Psychological Research

Volumn 68, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 74-90

  Hommel, Bernhard ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME;

COLOR PERCEPTION; HUMANS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VOCABULARY;

EID: 2942755791     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-003-0146-5     Document Type: Article

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