Questioning conflict adaptation: Proportion congruent and Gratton effects reconsidered

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 615-630

  Schmidt, James R ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Binding; Cognitive control; Conflict adaptation; Conflict monitoring; Contingency learning; Gratton; ISPC; Proportion congruent; Stroop; Temporal learning

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONFLICT; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BRAIN; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84876945983     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-012-0373-0     Document Type: Article

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