Temporal dynamics of interference in Simon and Eriksen tasks considered within the context of a dual-process model

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 353-363

  Mansfield, Karen L ^a   van der Molen, Maurits W ^b,d   Falkenstein, Michael ^c   van Boxtel, Geert J M ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

^d Cognitive Science Center Amsterdam ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Dual process model; Eriksen flanker task; ERPs; Lateralized N2; Simon task

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONDITIONING; DUAL PROCESS MODEL; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MENTAL TASK; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

COGNITIVE CONTROL; DUAL-PROCESS MODEL; ERIKSEN FLANKER TASK; ERPS; LATERALIZED N2; SIMON TASK;

ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880351155     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2013.06.001     Document Type: Article

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