Exploring the differences in distributional properties between Stroop and Simon effects using delta plots

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2013-2025

  Pratte, Michael S ^a   Rouder, Jeffrey N ^a   Morey, Richard D ^b   Feng, Chuning ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONFLICT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); ORIENTATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; STROOP TEST;

ATTENTION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MODELS, STATISTICAL; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; STROOP TEST;

EID: 77958483325     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/APP.72.7.2013     Document Type: Article

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