Lifespan changes in motor activation and inhibition during choice reactions: A Laplacian ERP study

Biological Psychology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 323-334

  Van de Laar, Maria C ^a   Van den Wildenberg, Wery P M ^a   Van Boxtel, Geert J M ^b   Huizenga, Hilde M ^a   Van der Molen, Maurits W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Choice RT task; Laplacian; Lifespan development; Primary motor cortex; Response activation; Response inhibition

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LAPLACIAN POTENTIAL; LIFESPAN; MALE; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856319817     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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