Effects of concurrent working memory load on distractor and conflict processing in a name-face Stroop task

Psychophysiology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-43

  Jongen, Ellen M M ^a   Jonkman, Lisa M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ERPs; Stroop interference; WM load

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CONFLICT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 78650002537     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2010.01037.x     Document Type: Article

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