Cognitive control of involuntary attention and distraction in children and adolescents

Brain Research

Volumn 1155, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 134-146

  Wetzel, Nicole ^a   Schröger, Erich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention; Children; Cognitive control; Distraction; ERP; Event related potential; P3a

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MISMATCH NEGATIVITY; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUND;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; ATTENTION; CHILD; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EVOKED POTENTIALS; FORECASTING; HEARING; HUMANS; ORIENTATION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 34250021637     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.04.022     Document Type: Article

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