Age-related changes in processing auditory stimuli during visual attention: Evidence for deficits in inhibitory control and sensory memory

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 507-519

  Alain, Claude ^b,c   Woods, David L ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d N California System of Clinics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0032884114     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.14.3.507     Document Type: Article

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