Comparison of inhibition in two timed reaction tasks: The color and emotion stroop tasks

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 373-385

  Cothran, D Lisa ^a   Larsen, Randy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Color stroop; Emotion; Inhibitory processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR VISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AROUSAL; COLOR PERCEPTION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51649087222     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JRLP.142.4.373-385     Document Type: Article

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