Stroop interference in a delayed match-to-sample task: Evidence for semantic competition

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue NOV, 2013, Pages

  Sturz, Bradley R ^a   Green, Marshall L ^a   Locker Jr , Lawrence ^a   Boyer, Ty W ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delayed match to sample; Interference; Response competition; Semantic competition; Stroop

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889650990     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00842     Document Type: Article

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