Automatic and Controlled Response Inhibition: Associative Learning in the Go/No-Go and Stop-Signal Paradigms

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 649-672

  Verbruggen, Frederick ^a,b   Logan, Gordon D ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

automaticity; cognitive control; go no go paradigm; response inhibition; stop signal paradigm

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTOMATISM; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RECALL; SEMANTICS;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; AUTOMATISM; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); GOALS; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MENTAL RECALL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REVERSAL LEARNING; SEMANTICS; SET (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 57349126841     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013170     Document Type: Article

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