Psychometric properties of conflict monitoring and conflict adaptation indices: Response time and conflict N2 event-related potentials

Psychophysiology

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1209-1219

  Clayson, Peter E ^a   Larson, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict adaptation; Gratton effect; N2; Number of trials; Psychometric properties; Reliability; Sequence effects

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFLICT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887406262     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/psyp.12138     Document Type: Article

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