Motor processes in simple, Go/No-Go, and choice reaction time tasks: A psychophysiological analysis

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 266-289

  Miller, Jeff O ^a   Low, Kathy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; CUES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85047684911     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.27.2.266     Document Type: Article

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