Attention affects the organization of auditory input associated with the mismatch negativity system

Brain Research

Volumn 789, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 130-138

  Sussman, Elyse ^a,b   Ritter, Walter ^a   Vaughan Jr , Herbert G ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory sensory memory; Auditory stream segregation; Event related potential; Mismatch negativity; Selective attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MEMORY; AUDITORY STIMULATION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOUND;

EID: 0032489937     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)01443-1     Document Type: Article

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