The effect of stimulus-response incompatibility on P3 latency depends on the task but not on age

Biological Psychology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 121-141

  Christensen, Carol A ^a   Ford, Judith M ^b   Pfefferbaum, Adolf ^b  

^a VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; P3 latency; S R incompatibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SENESCENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0030608337     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-0511(96)05203-9     Document Type: Article

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