Age-related changes in early novelty processing as measured by ERPs

Biological Psychology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-44

  Riis, Jenna L ^a   Chong, Hyemi ^a   McGinnnis, Scott ^a   Tarbi, Elise ^a   Sun, Xue ^a   Holcomb, Phillip J ^b   Rentz, Dorene M ^a   Daffner, Kirk R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Attention; ERPs; N2 component; Novelty; P2 component; Stimulus salience

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650591019     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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