Challenging perceptual tasks require more attention: The influence of task difficulty on the N1 effect of temporal orienting

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 153-163

  Lange, Kathrin ^a,b   Schnuerch, Robert ^a,c  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Bundesinstitut für Arzneimittel und Medizinprodukte Forschungsabteilung   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auditory processing; ERP; N1; Perceptual load; Temporal orienting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY ORIENTATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME PERCEPTION; VISUAL FEEDBACK; YOUNG ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEARING; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ADULT; ATTENTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PITCH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891351269     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2013.12.001     Document Type: Article

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