Oddball and incongruity effects during Stroop task performance: A comparative fMRI study on selective attention

Brain Research

Volumn 1121, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 136-149

  Melcher, Tobias ^a   Gruber, Oliver ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competition; fMRI; Oddball; Selective attention; Stroop; Top down control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RESPONSE TIME; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; READING;

EID: 33750707275     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.08.120     Document Type: Article

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