Conflict monitoring and resolution: Are two languages better than one? Evidence from reaction time and event-related brain potentials

Brain Research

Volumn 1446, Issue , 2012, Pages 71-90

  Kousaie, Shanna ^a   Phillips, Natalie A ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; Cognitive control; ERN; Event related brain potentials (ERP); N2; P3

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; STIMULUS; STROOP TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858440199     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2012.01.052     Document Type: Article

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