Conflict adaptation and sequential trial effects: Support for the conflict monitoring theory

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1953-1961

  Clayson, Peter E ^a   Larson, Michael J ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex (ACC); Cognitive control; Conflict adaptation; Event related potentials (ERPs); Higher order effect

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONFLICT ADAPTATION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HIGHER ORDER TRIAL EFFECT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; REACTION TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956101000     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.03.023     Document Type: Article

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