Electrophysiological evidence for cognitive control during conflict processing in visual spatial attention

Psychological Research

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 751-761

  Kehrer, Stefanie ^a,b   Kraft, Antje ^a   Irlbacher, Kerstin ^a   Koch, Stefan P ^a,c   Hagendorf, Herbert ^b   Kathmann, Norbert ^b   Brandt, Stephan A ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; CONFLICT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; SIZE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350223680     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-008-0194-y     Document Type: Article

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