The role of spatial information in advance task-set control: An event-related potential study

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1404-1418

  Astle, D E ^a   Jackson, G M ^b   Swainson, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; ERP; Task switching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COLOR VISION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; CUES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53149148911     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06439.x     Document Type: Article

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