Inter-individual and intra-individual variability of the N2 component: On reliability and signal-to-noise ratio

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 61-71

  Leue, Anja ^a   Klein, Christoph ^a   Lange, Sebastian ^a   Beauducel, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intra individual variability; N2 component; Reliability; Signal to noise ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GO NOGO TASK; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; N2 AMPLITUDE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TASK PERFORMANCE;

INTRA-INDIVIDUAL VARIABILITY; N2 COMPONENT; RELIABILITY; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881244027     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2013.06.009     Document Type: Article

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