Context, not conflict, drives cognitive control

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 272-278

  Schlaghecken, Friederike ^a   Martini, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Conflict; Cueing; Priming; Simon task

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; DECISION MAKING; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84864259183     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025791     Document Type: Article

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