Positive and negative congruency effects in masked priming: A neuro-computational model based on representation, attention, and conflict

Brain Research

Volumn 1289, Issue , 2009, Pages 124-132

  Sohrabi, Ahmad ^a,b   West, Robert L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KURDISTAN   (Iran)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognitive control; Computational modeling; Masked priming; Numerical decision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFLICT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEUROMODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATTENTION; COGNITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; REACTION TIME;

EID: 68649086459     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.07.004     Document Type: Article

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