Age dependent changes of distractibility and reorienting of attention revisited: An event-related potential study

Brain Research

Volumn 1491, Issue , 2013, Pages 156-166

  Berti, Stefan ^a   Grunwald, Martin ^b   Schröger, Erich ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Distraction; Involuntary attention; Mismatch negativity (MMN); P3a; Reorienting negativity (RON)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRACTIBILITY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MISMATCH NEGATIVITY; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESSING; REACTION TIME; REORIENTING NEGATIVITY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874018737     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2012.11.009     Document Type: Article

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