A brain-potential correlate of task-set conflict

Psychophysiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 314-323

  Elchlepp, Heike ^a   Rumball, Freya ^a   Lavric, Aureliu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conflict; EEG; ERP; Task switching; Task set

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873286349     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/psyp.12015     Document Type: Article

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