Proactive and reactive stopping when distracted: an attentional account

• Published in: Journal of experimental psychology. Human perception and performance Vol. 40; no. 4; p. 1295
• Main Authors: Verbruggen, Frederick, Stevens, Tobias, Chambers, Christopher D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.08.2014
• Subjects: Adult; Attention - physiology; Executive Function - physiology; Humans; Inhibition, Psychological; Psychomotor Performance - physiology; Space Perception - physiology; Young Adult

Performance in response inhibition paradigms is typically attributed to inhibitory control. Here we examined the idea that stopping may largely depend on the outcome of a sensory detection process. Subjects performed a speeded go task, but they were instructed to withhold their response when a visua...