Can contingency learning alone account for item-specific control? Evidence from within- and between-language ISPC effects

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1578-1590

  Atalay, Nart Bedin ^a   Misirlisoy, Mine ^b  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Conflict monitoring; Contingency learning; Item specific proportion congruence; Within and between language stroop

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; CONDITIONING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; READING; STROOP TEST;

COLOR PERCEPTION; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MULTILINGUALISM; PHOTIC STIMULATION; READING; STROOP TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867085276     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028458     Document Type: Article

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