Conflict-specific effects of accessory stimuli on cognitive control in the stroop task and the simon task

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 140-147

  Soutschek, Alexander ^a   Müller, Hermann J ^a   Schubert, Torsten ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accessory stimuli; Cognitive control; Conflict processing; Simon task; Stroop task

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONDITIONING; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; STROOP TEST; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; COGNITION; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; STROOP TEST; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875660063     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169/a000181     Document Type: Article

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