Is "conflict adaptation" driven by conflict? Behavioral and EEG evidence for the underappreciated role of congruent trials

Psychophysiology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 583-589

  Compton, Rebecca J ^a   Huber, Eleanor ^a   Levinson, Amanda R ^a   Zheutlin, Amanda ^a  

^a HAVERFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognitive control; EEG

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROOP TEST;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ALPHA RHYTHM; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; STROOP TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859567533     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2012.01354.x     Document Type: Article

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