Age-related differences in processing irrelevant information: Evidence from event-related potentials

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 577-586

  Vallesi, Antonino ^a   Stuss, Donald T ^a,b,c   McIntosh, Anthony R ^a,b   Picton, Terence W ^a,b,c  

^a ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognitive interference; Event related Potentials; Go nogo; Irrelevant stimuli

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; READING; SOFTWARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58849159969     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.10.018     Document Type: Article

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