N2ac: An ERP component associated with the focusing of attention within an auditory scene

Psychophysiology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1057-1068

  Gamble, Marissa L ^a   Luck, Steven J ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory discrimination; EEG ERP; N2pc; Selective attention; Simultaneous stimulus presentation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 79960009203     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2010.01172.x     Document Type: Article

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