The Working Memory Stroop Effect: When Internal Representations Clash With External Stimuli

Psychological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1619-1629

  Kiyonaga, Anastasia ^a   Egner, Tobias ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

open materials; selective attention; short term memory; visual attention; working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROOP TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; STROOP TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905457996     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797614536739     Document Type: Article

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