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Electrophysiological indicants of black-white discrimination performance for letter and non-letter patterns.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  7775054     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
This study examined event-related potentials (ERPs) and behavioral measures, considered to be sensitive to the selective processing of black versus white letter and non-letter patterns, in a group of seventy-four randomly selected 6 to 8 year old children. Results demonstrated faster and more accurate behavioral performance on the experimental task for the letter than for the non-letter patterns. The ERP measures provided complementary information regarding this letter facilitation effect, indicating that the selective neural processing of letter as compared to non-letter patterns was present in the electrophysiological waveform within the initial 100-140 ms after stimulus presentation. Later ERP measures (200-260 and 500-600 ms post-stimulus) in response to the letter stimuli showed greater differences as a function of task relevance over the left than over the right hemisphere. The results from the present study indicate a remarkably early facilitative influence of stimulus type (letter versus non-letter patterns) on the luminance discrimination of these stimuli and are consistent with an overlap of linguistic and perceptual processing.
Authors:
S L Miller; F B Wood
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Clinical Trial; Comparative Study; Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The International journal of neuroscience     Volume:  80     ISSN:  0020-7454     ISO Abbreviation:  Int. J. Neurosci.     Publication Date:  1995  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1995-07-07     Completed Date:  1995-07-07     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0270707     Medline TA:  Int J Neurosci     Country:  ENGLAND    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  299-316     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, Newark 07102, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Automatism
Child
Contrast Sensitivity*
Evoked Potentials, Visual
Female
Frontal Lobe / physiology
Functional Laterality
Humans
Male
Occipital Lobe / physiology
Task Performance and Analysis
Visual Perception / physiology*
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
P01 HD21887/HD/NICHD NIH HHS; R01 NS19413/NS/NINDS NIH HHS

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