Keyword

Simon task

Description: A behavioral task measuring response conflict when a stimulus's location is irrelevant but can interfere with responding, used in cognitive psychology.

Primary topic: Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (44%)

Wikidata ID: wiki/Q2287313

OpenAlex ID: keywords/simon-task

Conflict monitoring and cognitive control.

2001 · Matthew M. Botvinick, Todd S. Braver, et al. · Psychological Review · 7,326

Development of cognitive control and executive functions from 4 to 13 years: Evidence from manipulations of memory, inhibition, and task switching

2006 · Matthew C. Davidson, Dima Amso, et al. · Neuropsychologia · 2,222

Bilingualism, Aging, and Cognitive Control: Evidence From the Simon Task.

2004 · Ellen Bialystok, Fergus I. M. Craik, et al. · Psychology and Aging · 1,618

Evaluating Amazon's Mechanical Turk as a Tool for Experimental Behavioral Research

2013 · Matthew J. C. Crump, John V. McDonnell, et al. · PLoS ONE · 1,613

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There is no coherent evidence for a bilingual advantage in executive processing

2013 · Kenneth R. Paap, Zachary I. Greenberg · Cognitive Psychology · 1,132

Interference resolution: Insights from a meta-analysis of neuroimaging tasks

2007 · D. E. NEE, T. D. WAGER, et al. · Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience · 797

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Progressive increase of frontostriatal brain activation from childhood to adulthood during event‐related tasks of cognitive control

2006 · Katya Rubia, Anna B. Smith, et al. · Human Brain Mapping · 632

The development of two types of inhibitory control in monolingual and bilingual children

2008 · MICHELLE M. MARTIN-RHEE, ELLEN BIALYSTOK · Bilingualism Language and Cognition · 602

Working memory development in monolingual and bilingual children

2012 · Julia Morales, Alejandra Calvo, et al. · Journal of Experimental Child Psychology · 535

Micro- and macro-adjustments of task set: activation and suppression in conflict tasks

2002 · Richard Ridderinkhof · Psychological Research · 531

Cognitive and Linguistic Processing in the Bilingual Mind

2010 · Ellen Bialystok, Fergus I. M. Craik · Current Directions in Psychological Science · 515

The Simon effect as tool and heuristic

2010 · Bernhard Hommel · Acta Psychologica · 492

Theta power as a marker for cognitive interference

2011 · Roland Nigbur, Galina Ivanova, et al. · Clinical Neurophysiology · 480

What did Simon say? Revisiting the bilingual advantage

2007 · J. Bruce Morton, Sarah N. Harper · Developmental Science · 479

What is working memory capacity, and how can we measure it?

2013 · Oliver Wilhelm, Andrea Hildebrandt, et al. · Frontiers in Psychology · 468

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Musical expertise, bilingualism, and executive functioning.

2009 · Ellen Bialystok, Anne-Marie DePape · Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance · 437

Effect of bilingualism on cognitive control in the Simon task: evidence from MEG

2004 · Ellen Bialystok, Fergus I.M. Craik, et al. · NeuroImage · 415

A computational model of inhibitory control in frontal cortex and basal ganglia.

2013 · Thomas V. Wiecki, Michael J. Frank · Psychological Review · 406

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Bilingualism across the lifespan: The rise and fall of inhibitory control

2005 · Ellen Bialystok, Michelle M. Martin, et al. · International Journal of Bilingualism · 398

Effect of bilingualism and computer video game experience on the Simon task.

2006 · Ellen Bialystok · Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology/Revue canadienne de psychologie expérimentale · 366

Does language dominance affect cognitive performance in bilinguals? Lifespan evidence from preschoolers through older adults on card sorting, Simon, and metalinguistic tasks

2014 · Virginia C. Mueller Gathercole, Enlli M. Thomas, et al. · Frontiers in Psychology · 357

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2002 · Bradley S Peterson, Michael J Kane, et al. · Cognitive Brain Research · 357

Activation and suppression in conflict tasks: empirical clarification through distributional analyses

2002 · K Richard Ridderinkhof · 352

Executive functions and inhibitory control in multilingual children: Evidence from second-language learners, bilinguals, and trilinguals

2012 · Gregory J. Poarch, Janet G. van Hell · Journal of Experimental Child Psychology · 346

Inhibitory Self-Control in Preschool Children.

1984 · Marjorie A. Reed · Merrill-palmer Quarterly · 316

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Citation count: 52,130