Two Simon tasks with different sources of conflict: An ERP study of motion- and location-based compatibility effects

Biological Psychology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 246-252

  Galashan, Daniela ^a   Wittfoth, Matthias ^a   Fehr, Thorsten ^a,b   Herrmann, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

EEG; Event related potentials; P300; Simon effect; Stimulus response compatibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CONFLICT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 44649132468     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2008.03.008     Document Type: Article

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