Stimulus and response conflict in the color-word Stroop task: A combined electro-myography and event-related potential study

Brain Research

Volumn 1325, Issue , 2010, Pages 63-76

  Szucs, Dénes ^a   Soltész, Fruzsina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex; Conflict processing; Response competition; Response interference; Semantic word processing; Stroop effect

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COLOR VISION TEST; CONFLICT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; BRAIN; COLOR; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; STROOP TEST; TIME FACTORS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 77950030228     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.02.011     Document Type: Article

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