Male Internet addicts show impaired executive control ability: Evidence from a color-word Stroop task

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 499, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 114-118

  Dong, Guangheng ^a   Zhou, Hui ^a   Zhao, Xuan ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Event related potentials; Executive control; Internet addiction disorder; Stroop task

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INTERNET ADDICTION; MALE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; STROOP TEST;

ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; COLOR PERCEPTION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; STROOP TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959379167     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.05.047     Document Type: Article

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