The modulation of auditory novelty processing by working memory load in school age children and adults: A combined behavioral and event-related potential study

BMC Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Ruhnau, Philipp ^a   Wetzel, Nicole ^a   Widmann, Andreas ^a   Schröger, Erich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MISMATCH NEGATIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; REACTION TIME; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY; ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED RESPONSE; HEARING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957364738     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-11-126     Document Type: Article

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