Age-differential effects on updating cue information: Evidence from event-related potentials

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1115-1131

  Schmitt, Hannah ^a   Ferdinand, Nicola K ^a   Kray, Jutta ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognitive control; Context updating; Event related potentials; P3b

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; REACTION TIME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; CUES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905827710     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13415-014-0268-9     Document Type: Article

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