The development of inhibitory control: An averaged and single-trial Lateralized Readiness Potential study

NeuroImage

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 671-685

  Bryce, Donna ^a,b   Szucs, Dénes ^a   Soltész, Fruzsina ^a   Whitebread, David ^b  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child development; ERP; Ex Gaussian; Executive functions; Inhibitory control; Interference suppression; LRP; Response inhibition; Stroop effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LATERALIZED READINESS POTENTIAL; MALE; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SCHOOL CHILD; STROOP TEST; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 79959763861     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.12.006     Document Type: Article

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