Multiple Systems for Cognitive Control: Evidence From a Hybrid Prime-Simon Task

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1542-1553

  Schlaghecken, Friederike ^a   Refaat, Malik ^a   Maylor, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Gratton effect; Hybrid task; Masked priming; Negative compatibility effect; Simon effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AWARENESS; COGNITION; CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; AWARENESS; COGNITION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053994647     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024327     Document Type: Article

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