Interference from the irrelevant domain in N-back tasks: An ERP study

Acta Neurologica Taiwanica

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 125-135

  Chen, Yung Nien ^a,b,c   Mitra, Suvobrata ^b   Schlaghecken, Friederike ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Event related potentials; N back task; Spatial; Verbal; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 35048869680     PISSN: 10196099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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