Context specificity of conflict frequency-dependent control

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1391-1400

  Vietze, Ina ^a   Wendt, Mike ^a  

^a HELMUT SCHMIDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Conflict frequency; Context, Associative learning; Processing selectivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; CONFLICT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SERIAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68349112406     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210802426908     Document Type: Article

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