Eriksen flanker task

A commonly used experimental design is the Eriksen flanker task.

One classic cognitive "conflict" paradigm that illustrates these findings is the Eriksen flanker task.

Participants performed a version of the Eriksen flanker task using a set of letters assigned to each response button instead of arrows.

In Eriksen flanker task, incompatible trials produce the most conflict and, the most activation by the ACC.

In the Eriksen flanker task and go/no-go paradigm, the peak amplitude of the N200 increases for incompatible and for no-go trials respectively.

The term Eriksen Flanker Task refers to a set of response inhibition tests used in cognitive psychology to assess the ability to suppress responses that are inappropriate in a particular context.