The Impact of Stimulus and Response Variability on S-R Correspondence Effects

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 533-545

  Wühr, Peter ^a   Biebl, Rupert ^a   Ansorge, Ulrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

response variability; S R correspondence; Simon effect; stimulus variability; working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONFLICT; FEMALE; HEARING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOUND DETECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; ORIENTATION; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SOUND LOCALIZATION;

EID: 43549086879     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.34.3.533     Document Type: Article

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