Functional definition of the N450 event-related brain potential marker of conflict processing: A numerical stroop study

BMC Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Szucs, Dénes ^a   Soltész, Fruzsina ^a  

^a University of Cambridge   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex; Conflict processing; EEG; ERP; Interference; Numerical cognition; Numerical distance effect; Stroop effect; Subthreshold response activation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; N450 EVENT RELATED BRAIN POTENTIAL; NORMAL HUMAN; REACTION TIME; STROOP TEST; TOPOGRAPHY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EVOKED RESPONSE; NEUROIMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; REACTION TIME; STROOP TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858844434     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-13-35     Document Type: Article

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