Involuntary capture and voluntary reorienting of attention decline in middle-aged and old participants

The main aim of this study was to examine the effects of aging on event-related brain potentials (ERPs) associated with the automatic detection of unattended infrequent deviant and novel auditory stimuli (Mismatch Negativity, MMN) and with the orienting to these stimuli (P3a component), as well as t...

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Main Authors: Kenia Shaily Correa-Jaraba, Susana eCid-Fernández, Mónica eLindín, Fernando eDíaz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Subjects:
P3a
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2016.00129/full