EFFECT OF WORD NOVELTY ON THE P300 COMPONENT OF THE VISUAL EVOKED POTENTIAL IN YOUNG AND ELDERLY ADULTS

Author

• BRUCE EDWARD MCDONOUGH

Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1978

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Abstract

Visual evoked potentials were elicited by tachistoscopic presentation of familiar (real words) and novel (pseudowords) verbal stimuli to young and elderly adults. The amplitude and latency of the P300 component did not differ significantly for any of the experimental conditions. Excessive noise in the averaged waveforms, most likely due to eye and motor contaminants, may have been partly responsible for the failure to confirm the hypotheses.

Extent

58 p.

Comments

Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1978.|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1978.

Recommended Citation

MCDONOUGH, BRUCE EDWARD, "EFFECT OF WORD NOVELTY ON THE P300 COMPONENT OF THE VISUAL EVOKED POTENTIAL IN YOUNG AND ELDERLY ADULTS" (1978). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1970 - 1979. 622.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_2/622

Identifier

FADT13935

Format

pdf