Event-related EEG desynchronization and synchronization during an auditory memory task

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 319-326

  Krause, Christina M ^a,b   Lang, A Heikki ^b   Laine, Matti ^b   Kuusisto, Mika ^b   Pörn, Bodil ^a,b  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alpha frequency band; Auditory processing; EEG; Event related desynchronization; Event related synchronization; Memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MEMORY; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COGNITION; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOWEL;

EID: 0029922697     PISSN: 00134694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0013-4694(96)00283-0     Document Type: Article

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