Selective attention to spatial and non-spatial visual stimuli is affected differentially by age: Effects on event-related brain potentials and performance data

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 249-261

  Talsma, Durk ^a   Kok, Albert ^b   Ridderinkhof, K Richard ^b,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognition; Electrophysiology; N1; OSN; P300

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPONSE TIME; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 33748969146     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2006.04.006     Document Type: Article

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