Across-task priming revisited: Response and task conflicts disentangled using ex-Gaussian distribution analysis

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 367-374

  Moutsopoulou, Karolina ^a   Waszak, Florian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Across task priming; Associative learning; Ex Gaussian distribution; Response conflict; Stimulus response associations; Stimulus task associations; Task conflict

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; REVERSAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865310679     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025858     Document Type: Article

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