The possible meaning of the upper and lower alpha frequency ranges for cognitive and creative tasks

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 77-97

  Petsche, H ^a   Kaplan, S ^a   Von Stein, A ^a   Filz, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cooperation of brain area's; Functional independance; Local electrogenesis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA RHYTHM; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; COOPERATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL TASK; MOOD; MUSIC; NORMAL HUMAN; REST; VISION;

ADULT; AFFECT; ALPHA RHYTHM; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; CREATIVENESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPARIN; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSIC; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PROBABILITY THEORY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030959962     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8760(97)00757-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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