Conditional accuracy in response interference tasks: Evidence from the Eriksen flanker task and the spatial conflict task

Advances in Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 409-417

  Stins, John ^a   Polderman, J ^a   Boomsma, Dorret ^a   De Geus, Eco ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Flanker; Response interference; Sequential analysis; Simon task

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449132705     PISSN: 18951171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10053-008-0005-4     Document Type: Article

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