The effects of interstimulus interval on event-related indices of attention: An auditory selective attention test of perceptual load theory

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 542-555

  Gomes, Hilary ^a,b   Barrett, Sophia ^a,b   Duff, Martin ^a,b   Barnhardt, Jack ^b,c   Ritter, Walter ^d  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Wesley College   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Auditory; ERP; Interstimulus interval; Nd; Perceptual load; Selective attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 39049118793     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2007.11.014     Document Type: Article

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