Chunk #8 — What ERP’s Indicate About Cognitive Processes — Evaluating the Stimulus: P3

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Event-Related Potentials and Cognitive Function in Alcoholism.

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At least two kinds of P3 have been identified: Unattended oddball stimuli elicit P3a’s, and attended oddball stimuli in a repetitive background elicit P3b’s. Most studies have dealt with the P3b component (for review, see Regan 1989).