Functional roles of neural preparatory processes in a cued Stroop task revealed by linking electrophysiology with behavioral performance

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Wang, Chao ^a   Ding, Mingzhou ^a   Kluger, Benzi M ^b  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; READING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STROOP TEST; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; EVOKED RESPONSE; PHYSIOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941985359     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134686     Document Type: Article

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