Spectral analysis of event-related EEG responses during short-term memory performance

Brain Topography

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-30

  Sterman, M Barry ^a,b   Kaiser, David A ^b   Veigel, Bettina ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

EEG spectral analysis; Event related desynchronization; Visual evoked response; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0029832126     PISSN: 08960267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01191639     Document Type: Article

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