The neurocognitive underpinnings of the Simon effect: An integrative review of current research.
For as long as half a century the Simon task – in which participants respond to a nonspatial stimulus feature while ignoring its position – has represented a very popular tool to study a variety of cognitive functions, such as attention, cognitive control, and response preparation processes. In part...
| Publicado en: | Cognitive, Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience Vol. 20; no. 6; pp. 1133 - 1173 |
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Springer Nature
Dec2020
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