Processing of global and selective stop signals: Application of Donders' subtraction method to stop-signal task performance

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 149-159

  Van De Laar, Maria C ^a   Van Den Wildenberg, Wery P M ^a   Van Boxtel, Geert J M ^b   Van Der Molen, Maurits W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Inhibitory control; Reaction process; Response inhibition; Stop signal paradigm; Subtraction method

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ATTENTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949689910     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169/a000019     Document Type: Article

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