?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=ATTENTION+SCORES+AND+ERP+COMPONENTS+IN%0D%0ASENSOMOTOR+TASK&rft.creator=Georgiev%2C+Stiliyan&rft.creator=Lalova%2C+Yordanka&rft.creator=Ivanova%2C+Ivanka&rft.creator=Philipova%2C+Dolja&rft.subject=Neuropsychology&rft.description=Attention+as+a+psychological+characteristic+could+be+described+with+additional+behavioural+and+electrophysiological+parameters.+The+purpose+of+this+work+was+to+investigate+the+relationship+between+attention+parameters+(Attention+test+%E2%80%93+Brickenkamp+d2)+%E2%80%93+concentration+performance%2C+processing+speed%2C+rule+compliance+(accuracy)+and+the+changes+in+various+ERP+components+(indicating+sensory+and+cognitive+information+processing)+in+healthy+volunteers.+EEG+(Fz%2C+Cz%2C+Pz%2C+C3%E2%80%99+and+C4%E2%80%99)+was+recorded+in+two+series.+In+the+first+series%2C+without+any+task%2C+the+persons+had+to+listen+to+low+frequency+(800+Hz)+and+higher+frequency+(1000+Hz)+tones+presented+in+randomized+order.+In+the+second+task+condition%2C+they+had+to+react+to+a+low+tone+by+pressing+a+button+with+the+right+hand+and+react+to+a+high+tone+in+the+audio+sequence+by+pressing+a+button+with+the+left+hand.+ERPs+were+averaged+for+each+series%2C%0D%0Atone+and+electrode+position.+In+the+sensory-motor+task+series%2C+we+observed+a+relationship+between+parameters+of+the+P3+component+and+the+concentration+performance+attention+parameter.+We+found+a+significantly+shorter+P3+latency+and+higher+P3+amplitude+in+persons+with+higher+concentration+performance.+As+a+whole%2C+the+obtained+data+showed+that+the+attention+processes+concerning+concentration+performance+could+be+related+predominantly+to+the+main+cognitive+and+modality+independent+P3+component.&rft.date=2006-12-06&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6606%2F1%2FGeorgiev_2006.pdf&rft.identifier=++Georgiev%2C+Stiliyan+and+Lalova%2C+Yordanka+and+Ivanova%2C+Ivanka+and+Philipova%2C+Dolja++(2006)+ATTENTION+SCORES+AND+ERP+COMPONENTS+IN+SENSOMOTOR+TASK.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6606%2F