Dissociable yet tied inhibitory processes: The structure of inhibitory control

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1026-1040

  Michael, George A ^a   Mizzi, Raphaël ^a   Couffe, Cyril ^a,b   Gálvez García, Germán ^a,c,d,e,f  

^a Lyon University   (France)

^b Greenworking   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e SOLEI company (Integral Ergonomics Solutions)   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

Author keywords

Attentional capture; Dual task; Frontal operculum; Inferior frontal gyrus; Inhibition; Stimulus response compatibility

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONFLICT; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORIENTATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905749593     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13415-013-0242-y     Document Type: Article

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