Unconscious context-specific proportion congruency effect in a stroop-like task

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 31, Issue , 2015, Pages 35-45

  Panadero, A ^a   Castellanos, M C ^a   Tudela, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Awareness; Context specific proportion congruency effect (CSPCE); Stroop like task; Unconscious cognitive control

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGO DEVELOPMENT; ELECTRODE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; REACTION TIME; STROOP TEST; TOPOGRAPHY; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNCONSCIOUS (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; STROOP TEST; UNCONSCIOUS (PSYCHOLOGY); YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908568329     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2014.09.016     Document Type: Article

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