Age-dependent impairment of auditory processing under spatially focused and divided attention: An electrophysiological study

Biological Psychology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-36

  Wild Wall, Nele ^a   Falkenstein, Michael ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Auditory attention; Auditory cueing; CNV; N100; N2b; Task preparation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MASKING; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; CUES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71149113592     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2009.09.011     Document Type: Article

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