It is not what you expect: Dissociating conflict adaptation from expectancies in a stroop task

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 271-284

  Jiménez, Luis ^a   Méndez, Amavia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Conflict adaptation; Expectancies; Sequential congruence effect; Stroop

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; REACTION TIME; REPETITION PRIMING; STROOP TEST;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; REPETITION PRIMING; STROOP TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874275865     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027734     Document Type: Article

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