Sequential effects in the Simon task: Conflict adaptation or feature integration?

Brain Research

Volumn 1297, Issue , 2009, Pages 89-100

  Chen, Sufen ^a   Melara, Robert D ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict adaptation; ERP; Feature integration; N2; Sequential effect; Simon task; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SIMON TASK; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORETICAL STUDY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; COGNITION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71749110897     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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