Random number generation as an index of controlled processing

Neuropsychology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 391-399

  Jahanshahi, Marjan ^a,b   Saleem, T ^a,b,d   Ho, Aileen K ^c   Dirnberger, Georg ^a,b,e   Fuller, R ^a,b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlled processing; Executive function; Random number generation; Response selection; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATICITY; CONTROLLED PROCESSING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION; RANDOMIZATION; RESPONSE SELECTION; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGNOSIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 33746894127     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0894-4105.20.4.391     Document Type: Article

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