Real-time tracking of motor response activation and response competition in a Stroop task in young children: A lateralized readiness potential study

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2195-2206

  Szucs, Dénes ^a,b   Soltész, Fruzsina ^a   Bryce, Donna ^a   Whitebread, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLOGY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; STROOP TEST; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349248483     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2009.21220     Document Type: Article

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