Age-related differences in enhancement and suppression of neural activity underlying selective attention in matched young and old adults

Brain Research

Volumn 1499, Issue , 2013, Pages 69-79

  Haring, A E ^a   Zhuravleva, T Y ^a   Alperin, B R ^a   Rentz, D M ^a   Holcomb, P J ^b   Daffner, K R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; ERPs; Executive capacity; Inhibition; Top down processing; Visual selective attention; Well matched subjects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COLOR; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; NERVE CELL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTENTION; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873735695     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2013.01.003     Document Type: Article

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