Aging, stimulus identification and the effect of probability: An event-related potential study

Biological Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-40

  Czigler, István ^a   Csibra, Gergely ^a   Ambró, Ágnes ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Aging; Event related potential; Late positivity; NA; Probability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0029965357     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-0511(95)05173-2     Document Type: Article

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