A paradoxical exposure-duration effect in the stroop task: Temporal segregation between stimulus attributes facilitates selection

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 622-632

  La Heij, Wido ^a   Van Der Heijden, A H C ^a   Plooij, Peter ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; READING; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SEMANTICS; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 85047683936     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.27.3.622     Document Type: Article

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