The neural basis of breaking mental set: An event-related potential study

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 181-187

  Zhao, Yufang ^a   Tu, Shen ^a   Lei, Ming ^a   Qiu, Jiang ^a   Ybarra, Oscar ^b   Zhang, Qinglin ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

ERPs (event related potentials); Mental set; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; COGNITION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; TIME FACTORS; VERBAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78951490314     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-010-2468-z     Document Type: Article

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