A task in which an external stimulus signals the participant to interrupt an already-initiated motor response, but only for a subset of possible responses.
Definition contributed by MLewis Wednesday morning.
Fork this term (experimental) Forking tasks is the process of separating the senses, or variations, in the meaning of a task. This process should be used sparingly, and the ability to fork a term is the sole provenance of the curator.
MLewis Definition capitalization changed for stylistic consistency Wednesday morning
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Definition contributed by RPoldrack about one year ago: A task in which an external stimulus signals the participant to interrupt an already-initiated motor response, but only for a subset of possible responses.