Auditory selective attention in young and elderly adults: The selection of single versus conjoint features

Psychophysiology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 389-406

  Gaeta, Helen ^a   Friedman, David ^a   Ritter, Walter ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Audition; ERPs; Processing negativity; Selective attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDIOMETRY; BEHAVIOR; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0038580981     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-8986.00042     Document Type: Article

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