Continuous priming effects on discrete response choices

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 152-159

  Wilson, Andrew D ^a   Tresilian, James R ^b   Schlaghecken, Friederike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Masked priming; Negative compatibility effect; Prime target relationship; Tablet

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASKED PRIMING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL INFORMATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; REACTION TIME;

EID: 77956123949     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2010.07.010     Document Type: Article

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