Cortex
Volume 45, Issue 7 , Pages 879-890 , July 2009

Attention selection, distractor suppression and N2pc

  • Veronica Mazza

      Affiliations

    • Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC), University of Trento, Italy
    • Department of Cognitive Sciences and Education, University of Trento, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Corso Bettini 31, 38068 Rovereto, Italy.
    • ,
  • Massimo Turatto

      Affiliations

    • Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC), University of Trento, Italy
    • Department of Cognitive Sciences and Education, University of Trento, Italy
    • ,
  • Alfonso Caramazza

      Affiliations

    • Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC), University of Trento, Italy
    • Cognitive Neuropsychology Laboratory, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

Received 10 April 2008 ,Revised 27 October 2008 ,Accepted 31 October 2008.

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PII: S0010-9452(08)00264-5

doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2008.10.009

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