Atypical auditory refractory periods in children from lower socio-economic status backgrounds: ERP evidence for a role of selective attention

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 156-166

  Stevens, Courtney ^a   Paulsen, David ^b   Yasen, Alia ^a   Neville, Helen ^c  

^a WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Auditory processing; ERP; Refractory periods; SES; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NARRATIVE; NERVE POTENTIAL; REFRACTORY PERIOD; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SOCIAL STATUS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN MAPPING; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEARING; LINGUISTICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL CLASS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84923217834     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2014.06.017     Document Type: Article

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