Theta synchronization and alpha desynchronization in a memory task

Psychophysiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 169-176

  Klimesch, W ^a   Doppelmayr, M ^a   Schimke, H ^a   Ripper, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Desynchronization; Episodic memory; Lower alpha; Synchronization; Theta; Upper alpha

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0030945951     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.1997.tb02128.x     Document Type: Article

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