Evidence for attentional gradient in the serial position memory curve from event-related potentials

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2071-2081

  Azizian, Allen ^a,b   Polich, John ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DATA ANALYSIS; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SERIAL LEARNING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 36849075752     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2007.19.12.2071     Document Type: Article

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