Age-related differences in distraction and reorientation in an auditory task

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1157-1172

  Horváth, János ^a   Czigler, István ^a   Birkás, Emma ^a   Winkler, István ^a   Gervai, Judit ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLOGY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Aging; Attention; Children; Distraction; Event related potential (ERP); Mismatch negativity (MMN); Orienting response; P3; Reorienting negativity (RON)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DISTRACTIBILITY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MISMATCH NEGATIVITY; PITCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHILD; COGNITION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; VOLITION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65649140024     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

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