Study of human occipital alpha rhythm: The alphon hypothesis and alpha suppression

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 63-76

  Williamson, S J ^a   Kaufman, L ^a   Lu, Z L ^a   Wang, J Z ^a   Karron, D ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha rhythm; Alpha suppression; Alphon hypothesis; Human; Occipital

Indexed keywords

ALPHA RHYTHM; AUDITORY MEMORY; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXCITATION; HUMAN; IMAGERY; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; OSCILLATION; PARIETAL LOBE; VISUAL MEMORY;

ALPHA RHYTHM; ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; MENTAL PROCESSES; OCCIPITAL LOBE;

EID: 0030918733     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8760(97)00756-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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