Cognitive control in belief-laden reasoning during conclusion processing: An ERP study

International Journal of Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 224-231

  Luo, Junlong ^a,b   Liu, Xin ^b   Stupple, Edward J N ^c   Zhang, Entao ^d   Xiao, Xiao ^b   Jia, Lei ^b   Yang, Qun ^e   Li, Haijiang ^b   Zhang, Qinglin ^b  

^a SHANGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

^d EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Belief bias effect; Cognitive control; Dual processing; Event related potentials (ERPs); Late positive component (LPC)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; THINKING;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COGNITION; CULTURE; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880623991     PISSN: 00207594     EISSN: 1464066X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207594.2012.677539     Document Type: Article

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