Nonconscious Control Mimics a Purposeful Strategy: Strength of Stroop-Like Interference Is Automatically Modulated by Proportion of Compatible Trials

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1366-1376

  Klapp, Stuart T ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

automatic; masking; nonconscious; Stroop effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; CONFLICT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; REACTION TIME;

EID: 38349173027     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.33.6.1366     Document Type: Article

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