Perceptual load, voluntary attention, and aging: An event-related potential study

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-25

  Wang, Yan ^a   Fu, Shimin ^b   Greenwood, Pamela ^c   Luo, Yuejia ^d   Parasuraman, Raja ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aging; Event related potentials; Perceptual load; Voluntary attention

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL LOAD; NORMAL HUMAN; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISION; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862799327     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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