EEG changes in amplitude and coherence during a tactile task in females and males

Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 161-172

  Rescher, Brigitte ^a   Rappelsberger, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

EEG coherence; Imagery; Probability mapping; Sex differences; Tactile stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR LOBE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENDER; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; POWER SPECTRUM; PROBABILITY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TACTILE STIMULATION; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 0029857513     PISSN: 02698803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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