Concurrent working memory task decreases the Stroop interference effect as indexed by the decreased theta oscillations

Neuroscience

Volumn 262, Issue , 2014, Pages 92-106

  Zhao, Y ^a   Tang, D ^a   Hu, L ^a   Zhang, L ^a,c   Hitchman, G ^a   Wang, L ^a   Chen, A ^a,b  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LIAONING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

EEG oscillations; Stroop interference effect; Theta band rhythm; Working memory load

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED SPECTRAL PERTURBATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; STROOP TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; THETA RHYTHM; WORKING MEMORY; ADOLESCENT; ALPHA RHYTHM; BRAIN; CHINA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FRONTAL LOBE; LANGUAGE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; BRAIN; CHINA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; STROOP TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; THETA RHYTHM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893405976     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.12.052     Document Type: Article

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