Processing of complex distracting sounds in school-aged children and adults: Evidence from EEG and MEG data

Processing of complex distracting sounds in school-aged children and adults: Evidence from EEG and MEG data

When a perceiver performs a task, rarely occurring sounds often have a distracting effect on task performance. The neural mismatch responses in event-related potentials to such distracting stimuli depend on age. Adults commonly show a negative response, whereas in children a positive as well as a ne...

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Main Authors: Philipp eRuhnau, Björn eHerrmann, Burkhard eMaess, Jens eBrauer, Angela Dorkas Friederici, Erich eSchröger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
MMN
P3a
auditory deviance processing
event-related potentials/fields
school-aged children
mismatch response
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00717/full

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