Aging effects on selective attention-related electroencephalographic patterns during face encoding

Neuroscience

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 173-186

  Deiber, M P ^a,b   Rodriguez, C ^b   Jaques, D ^b   Missonnier, P ^b   Emch, J ^b   Millet, P ^b   Gold, G ^b   Giannakopoulos, P ^b,c   Ibanez V ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aging; Alpha activity; Event related potentials; Face processing; N170; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FACIES; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RESPONSE TIME; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957875890     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.08.051     Document Type: Article

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