Alpha response system in children: Changes with age

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 411-430

  Yordanova, J ^a,b   Kolev, V ^a  

^a BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Alpha activity; Event related brain potentials; Phase locking

Indexed keywords

AGE; ALPHA RHYTHM; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION;

EID: 0030840969     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8760(97)00779-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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