Conflict and criterion setting in recognition memory

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 2-17

  Curran, Tim ^a   DeBuse, Casey ^a   Leynes, P Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b The College of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict; Criterion setting; ERN; ERP; Error related negativity; Event related brain potential; Late posterior negativity; Memory; Recognition; Response bias

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONFLICT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION;

BRAIN; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 33846008004     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.33.1.2     Document Type: Article

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