The effects of accessory stimuli on information processing: Evidence from electrophysiology and a diffusion model analysis

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 847-864

  Jepma, Marieke ^a   Wagenmakers, Eric Jan ^b   Band, Guido P H ^a   Nieuwenhuis, Sander ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; DIFFUSION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66049127617     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2009.21063     Document Type: Article

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