Task-Related Suppression of the Brainstem Frequency following Response

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Hairston, W David ^a   Letowski, Tomasz R ^a   McDowell, Kaleb ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; BRAINSTEM FREQUENCY FOLLOWING RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISION, OCULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874134014     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055215     Document Type: Article

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