Event related potentials (ERPs) in elementary cognitive tasks reflect task difficulty and task threshold

Intelligence

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-22

  Caryl, P G ^a   Harper, Alison ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0029689718     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-2896(96)90018-5     Document Type: Article

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