Assessing cognitive interference using the emotional stroop task in students with and without

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 99-106

  Problems, Attention ^a   Sideridis, Georgios D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Attention problems; Cognitive interference; Emotional stroop task

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649382224     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759.25.2.99     Document Type: Article

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