Graded Changes in Evoked Response (P300) Amplitude as a Function of Cognitive Activity
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-1973
Keywords
Graded function, Cortical processor
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
http://doi.org/10.3758/BF03212398
Abstract
Using a stepwise discriminant analysis, we demonstrate that the amplitude of P300 is a graded function of the complexity of information processing required of a S following a stimulus. This relationship between cognitive complexity and P300 is apparent only when the S is not pressed to generate fast and accurate discriminant responses to the stimuli. Under a reaction-time regime, a large P300 is elicited independently of stimulus predictability or cognitive complexity. It seems that P300 is a measure of the amount of activity of a general-purpose cortical processor.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
Perception & Psychophysics, v. 14, issue 2, p. 319-324
Scholar Commons Citation
Donchin, Emanuel; Kubovy, M.; Kutas, M; Johnson, M. Jr.; and Tterning, R. I., "Graded Changes in Evoked Response (P300) Amplitude as a Function of Cognitive Activity" (1973). Psychology Faculty Publications. 197.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/psy_facpub/197
