Neurophysiological correlates of mental imagery in different sensory modalities

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 145-153

  Fallgatter, A J ^a   Mueller, Th J ^a   Strik, W K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evoked potentials; Mental imagery; P300; Sensory modalities; Space oriented EEG segmentation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN FUNCTION; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY TEST; SENSORY NERVE; TIME; TOUCH; VISION;

ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030893341     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8760(96)00738-6     Document Type: Article

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