Working-memory load and dimensional complexity of the EEG

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 173-182

  Sammer, Gebhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

EEG; Fourier analysis; Individual difference; Mental load; Nonlinear dynamics; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL LOAD; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PARIETAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0030293233     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8760(96)00070-0     Document Type: Article

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