Alpha frequency, reaction time, and the speed of processing information

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 511-518

  Klimesch, W ^a   Doppelmayr, M ^a   Schimke, H ^a   Pachinger, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alpha frequency; Desynchronization; Lower and upper alpha; Reaction time; Speed of information processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; BRAIN; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0030463932     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004691-199611000-00006     Document Type: Article

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