Individual but not fragile: Individual differences in task control predict Stroop facilitation

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 413-419

  Kalanthroff, E ^a   Henik, A ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex; Executive function; Stop signal; Stroop; Task conflict

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; REACTION TIME; STOP SIGNAL REACTION TIME; STROOP FACILITATION EFFECT; STROOP TEST;

EID: 84873922446     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2013.01.010     Document Type: Article

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