Virtual reality Stroop task for assessment of supervisory attentional processing

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 812-826

  Parsons, Thomas D ^a   Courtney, Christopher G ^b   Dawson, Michael E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological validity; Neuropsychological assessment; Psychophysiology; Virtual environment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; STROOP TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STROOP TEST; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84885626843     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2013.824556     Document Type: Article

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