The control of deliberate waiting strategies in a stop-signal task

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 853-862

  Sylwan, R P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Attention; Executive functions; Laterality; Reaction time; Stop task; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHIBITION KINETICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; REACTION TIME; RESPONSE TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 3042530258     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2004000600011     Document Type: Article

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