Saturday, September 19, 2009

Functional MRI study of Friedreich's ataxia using Simon task

NeuroImage, Volume 47, Supplement 1, July 2009, Pages S39-S41

H Akhlaghi, L Corben, E Storey, J Bradshaw, A Churchyard, N Georgiou-Karistianis, M Delatycki and G Egan

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WNP-4X3PHYG-13&_user=10&_coverDate=07%2F31%2F2009&_alid=1016977109&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_cdi=6968&_sort=r&_docanchor=&view=c&_ct=23&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=b42469b7f822812d2217b37f2f5f0bc5

 

(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) In psychology, the Simon effect reaction times are usually faster and more accurate when the stimulus occurs in the same relative location as the response, even if the stimulus location is irrelevant to the task.