“…Although the neurophysiology underlying the P300 is still being explored (Halgren et al , 1980;Okada et al, 1983), the cognitive events associated with its generation have received considerable attention (Donchin, 1981;Pritchard, 1981). Because the P300 component is thought to reflect the cognitive events of stimulus classification, its latency has been used to evaluate mental function in normal aging (Brown et al ., 1983;Ford et al , 1982;Goodin et al , 1978;Pfefferbaum et al , I 984a;Picton et al, 1984;Smith et al , 1980;Syndulko et al , 1982) and in patients with neurological and psychiatric disorders (Brown et al , 1982;Goodin et al, 1978;Hansch et al , 1982;Pfefferbaum et al , l 984b;Squires et al, 1980).…”