Differences in the neural mechanisms of selective attention in children from different socioeconomic backgrounds: An event-related brain potential study

Developmental Science

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 634-646

  Stevens, Courtney ^a,b   Lauinger, Brittni ^b   Neville, Helen ^b  

^a WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 67049107650     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2009.00807.x     Document Type: Article

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