No conflict control in the absence of awareness

Psychological Research

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 351-365

  Ansorge, Ulrich ^a,b   Fuchs, Isabella ^a   Khalid, Shah ^b   Kunde, Wilfried ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONFLICT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; REACTION TIME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AWARENESS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; REACTION TIME;

EID: 80051673636     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-010-0313-4     Document Type: Article

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