ERPs, semantic processing and age

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-51

  Miyamoto, Tamaki ^a   Katayama, Jun'Ichi ^b   Koyama, Tsukasa ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; CNV; ERP; LPC; N400; Semantic processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPONSE TIME; SENESCENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0031801978     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8760(98)00002-6     Document Type: Article

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