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MAP recordings, reaction times, response times, and the written modes of resolution were obtained during nonconflict conditions and four types of conflict conditions. These data were the results of normal male Ss responding to stimuli during the approach-avoidance and double approach-avoidance responses. Reaction times, response times, and the written modes of resolution were consistent with data obtained by previous investigators.
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1. This research was supported in part by Public Health Service Grant No. N. B.-Q3484-04, from the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness awarded to M. Hoshiko and it represents an M. S. thesis by H. Grandstaff and directed by M. Hoshiko.
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Hoshiko, M.S., Grandstaff, H.L. An electromyographic investigation of motor conflict. Psychon Sci 9, 87–88 (1967). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03330772
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