Gender-selective effects of the P300 and N400 components of the visual evoked potential

Vision Research

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 917-925

  Steffensen, Scott C ^a   Ohran, Allison J ^a   Shipp, Daniel N ^a   Hales, Kimberly ^a   Stobbs, Sarah H ^a   Fleming, Donovan E ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Distractor; Event related potentials; Gender; N400; Object recognition; P300; Reaction time; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISION; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 39749188700     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2008.01.005     Document Type: Article

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