Interhemispheric EEG coherence during photic stimulation: Sex differences in normal young adults

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 45-51

  Wada, Yuji ^a   Nanbu, Yuko ^b   Kadoshima, Rie ^b   Jiang, Zheng Yan ^a   Koshino, Yoshifumi ^a   Hashimoto, Takuma ^b  

^a KANAZAWA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coherence; EEG; Hemispheric function; Lateralization; Photic stimulation; Sex differences; Visual system; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; EAR LOBE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029896550     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-8760(96)00011-6     Document Type: Article

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