Intentional pre-cueing does not influence the Simon effect

Psychological Research

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 117-124

  Buhlmann, Ivonne ^a   Wascher, Edmund ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; TOUCH; VISION;

ADULT; BRAIN; CUES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; REACTION TIME; TOUCH; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33646734724     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-004-0193-6     Document Type: Article

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