High-resolution EEG mapping of cortical activation related to working memory: Effects of task difficulty, type of processing, and practice

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 374-385

  Gevins, Alan ^a   Smith, Michael E ^a   McEvoy, Linda ^a   Yu, Daphne ^a  

^a SAM Technology Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THETA RHYTHM; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030969897     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/7.4.374     Document Type: Article

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