Cortex
Volume 46, Issue 4 , Pages 550-563 , April 2010

The influence of age and individual differences in executive function on stimulus processing in the oddball task

  • Robert West

      Affiliations

    • Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. W112 Lagomarcino Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA.
    • ,
  • Hillary Schwarb

      Affiliations

    • Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
    • ,
  • Brandy N. Johnson

      Affiliations

    • Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA

Received 25 November 2008 ,Revised 26 April 2009 ,Accepted 3 August 2009.

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