On the functional significance of Novelty-P3: Facilitation by unexpected novel sounds

Biological Psychology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-152

  SanMiguel, Iria ^a,c   Morgan, Helen M ^b   Klein, Christoph ^b   Linden, David ^b   Escera, Carles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention; Distraction; ERPs; Novelty P3; Oddball; Orienting response

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY; WAVEFORM;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75949111991     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2009.11.012     Document Type: Article

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