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event-related potential
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event-related potential [i¦vent ri‚lād·əd pə′ten·chəl]
(neuroscience)
Electrical activity produced by the brain in response to a sensory stimulus or associated with the execution of a motor, cognitive, or psychophysiologic task.


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