Healthy aging delays scalp EEG sensitivity to noise in a face discrimination task

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn , Issue JUL, 2010, Pages

  Rousselet, Guillaume A ^a   Gaspar, Carl M ^a   Pernet, Cyril R ^b   Husk, Jesse S ^c   Bennett, Patrick J ^d   Sekuler, Allison B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

EEG; ERP; Face processing; Healthy aging; Noise; Single trials; Vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861457354     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2010.00019     Document Type: Article

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