An interfering Go/No-go task does not affect accuracy in a Concealed Information Test

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 6-16

  Ambach, Wolfgang ^a   Stark, Rudolf ^b   Peper, Martin ^c   Vaitl, Dieter ^a,b  

^a Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Concealed Information Test; Countermeasures; Go No go task; Interference task

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BREATHING MECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROVOCATION TEST; PULSE WAVE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DECEPTION; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTENTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 40849105188     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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