Neural patterns of the implicit association test

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue NOV, 2015, Pages

  Healy, Graham F ^a   Boran, Lorraine ^a   Smeaton, Alan F ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Brain regions; EEG; Event related potentials; Implicit association test; Inhibition; LORETA; N200; Word association

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; BRAIN REGION; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; INSULA; LOW RESOLUTION BRAIN ELECTROMAGNETIC TOMOGRAPHY; MODULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PARIETAL CORTEX; PERCEPTION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84954477205     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00605     Document Type: Article

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