ERP correlates of item recognition memory: Effects of age and performance

Brain Research

Volumn 1250, Issue , 2009, Pages 218-231

  Wolk, David A ^a   Sen, N Mandu ^c   Chong, Hyemi ^c   Riis, Jenna L ^c   McGinnis, Scott M ^b,c   Holcomb, Phillip J ^d   Daffner, Kirk R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Event related potential; FN400; Late frontal effect; LPC; Memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; IMAGING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEMORY; MODULATION; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149295516     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.11.014     Document Type: Article

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