Event-related potentials reflect individual differences in age-invariant auditory skills.

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Previous work has found that auditory event-related potentials show maturational changes, with latency and amplitude of late components (N1 and P2) decreasing and increasing with age respectively. Our goal was to test the hypothesis that these changes reflect increased speed of neural processing in the auditory system. Thirty-three listeners, aged 10-50 years, were tested on a frequency discrimination task and an auditory backward recognition masking task. P1 and N1b event-related potential c...

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Authors: McArthur, G; Bishop, D

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Neuroreport
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 8
• Pages: 1079-1082
• Publication date: 2002-06-01
• DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200206120-00021
• EISSN: 1473-558X
• ISSN: 0959-4965
• Language: English
• Keywords: Adolescent; Auditory Threshold; Psychomotor Performance; Genetic Variation; Humans; Neuronal Plasticity; Auditory Pathways; Auditory Perception; Adult; Middle Aged; Aging; Brain; Reproducibility of Results; Reaction Time; Child; Acoustic Stimulation; Observer Variation; Neuropsychological Tests; Evoked Potentials, Auditory