Accessory stimuli affect the emergence of conflict, not conflict control: A simon-task ERP study

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 102-109

  Böckler, Anne ^a   Alpay, Gamze ^a   Stürmer, Birgit ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accessory stimuli; Conflict control; Event related brain potentials; Stimulus response interference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CONFLICT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952153046     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169/a000073     Document Type: Article

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