Suppression of multisensory integration by modality-specific attention in aging

NeuroReport

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 349-353

  Hugenschmidt, Christina E ^a,b   Mozolic, Jennifer L ^a   Laurienti, Paul J ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ANSIR Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Attention; Cross modal; Elderly; Multisensory integration; Selective attention

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SENSORY STIMULATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION; HEARING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 62449093918     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e328323ab07     Document Type: Article

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