P300 amplitude age reductions are not caused by latency jitter

Psychophysiology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 545-553

  Walhovd, Kristine B ^a   Rosquist, Hannah ^a   Fjell, Anders M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aging; ERP; Latency jitter; Maximum likelihood estimation; P3a; P3b

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGEISM; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ARTIFACTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 45149119689     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2008.00661.x     Document Type: Article

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