Reaction Time-based Detection of Concealed Information in Relation to Individual Differences in Executive Functioning

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 342-351

  Visu Petra, George ^a   Miclea, Mircea ^a   Visu Petra, Laura ^a  

^a BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CRIME; DECEPTION; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SPATIAL MEMORY; STUDENT; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84861223431     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1827     Document Type: Article

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