Short-term training in the Go/Nogo task: Behavioural and neural changes depend on task demands

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 301-312

  Benikos, Nicholas ^a   Johnstone, Stuart J ^a   Roodenrys, Steven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arousal; ERPs; Inhibition; N2; P3; Practice; Task difficulty; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; RESPONSE TIME; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877593065     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2012.12.001     Document Type: Article

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