Attention modulation by proportion congruency: The asymmetrical list shifting effect

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1552-1562

  Abrahamse, Elger L ^a   Duthoo, Wout ^a   Notebaert, Wim ^a   Risko, Evan F ^b,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognitive control; Contingency learning; Proportion congruency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; STROOP TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; LEARNING; STROOP TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883812650     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032426     Document Type: Article

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