Word wins over Face: Emotional Stroop effect activates the frontal cortical network

The prefrontal cortex (PFC) has been implicated in higher order cognitive control of behaviour. Sometimes such control is executed through suppression of an unwanted response in order to avoid conflict. Conflict occurs when two simultaneously competing processes lead to different behavioral outcomes...

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Main Authors: Shima Ovaysikia, Jason L Chan, Khalid Tahir, Joseph F X DeSouza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2011-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2010.00234/full