The influence of executive capacity on selective attention and subsequent processing

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JUNE 2012, 2012, Pages

  Daffner, Kirk R ^a   Tarbi, Elise C ^a   Haring, Anna E ^a   Zhuravleva, Tatyana Y ^a   Sun, Xue ^a   Rentz, Dorene M ^a   Holcomb, Phillip J ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Event related potentials; Executive functions; Selective attention; Top down control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; DECISION MAKING; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL TASK; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTATION; RESPONSE TIME; SCORING SYSTEM; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84864197280     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2012.00167     Document Type: Article

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