Event-related potentials to intact and disrupted actions in children and adults

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 453-470

  Pace, Amy ^a,b   Carver, Leslie J ^a,c   Friend, Margaret ^a,b,d  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Action understanding; Development; Event segmentation; Event related potentials (ERPs); Novel events; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

ACTION UNDERSTANDING; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMPREHENSION; DEVELOPMENT; EVENT SEGMENTATION; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS (ERPS); EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NOVEL EVENTS; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPATIAL LEARNING; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ACTION UNDERSTANDING; DEVELOPMENT; EVENT SEGMENTATION; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS (ERPS); NOVEL EVENTS; SPATIAL LEARNING;

AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPREHENSION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883458865     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2012.10.013     Document Type: Article

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