Adults' versus children's performance on the stroop task: Insights from ex-Gaussian analysis

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-24

  Fagot, Delphine ^a   Dirk, Judith ^a   Ghisletta, Paolo ^a   De Ribaupierre, Anik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Children; Ex gaussian; Stroop; Young adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 59749083213     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1421-0185.68.1.17     Document Type: Article

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