Load effects in auditory selective attention: Evidence for distinct facilitation and inhibition mechanisms

NeuroImage

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 277-284

  Bidet Caulet, Aurélie ^a   Mikyska, Constanze ^a   Knight, Robert T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; EEG; Electrophysiology; Human; Sound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; SCALP; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75249098200     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.12.039     Document Type: Article

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