Electrophysiological evidence for immature processing capacity and filtering in visuospatial working memory in adolescents

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Spronk, Marjolein ^a   Vogel, Edward K ^b   Jonkman, Lisa M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CHILD; CONTRALATERAL DELAY ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUOSPATIAL WORKING MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865177225     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042262     Document Type: Article

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