On the utility of P3 amplitude as a measure of processing capacity

Psychophysiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 557-577

  Kok, Albert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Psychonomics Department   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attention; Capacity; ERP; P3 amplitude; P3 latency; Processing resources; Task difficulty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0035022747     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0048577201990559     Document Type: Article

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