The effect of working memory capacity on conflict monitoring

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 6-14

  Weldon, Rebecca B ^a   Mushlin, Harry ^b   Kim, Bia ^c   Sohn, Myeong Ho ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Conflict monitoring; Working memory capacity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

COGNITION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84869406038     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2012.10.002     Document Type: Article

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