Oscillatory γ-band (30-70 Hz) activity induced by a visual search task in humans

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 722-734

  Tallon Baudry, Catherine ^a,b   Bertrand, Olivier ^a   Delpuech, Claude ^a   Pernier, Jacques ^a  

^a Inst Natl SRM U280   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

40 Hz; EEG; evoked potentials; feature binding; human; oscillations; synchronization; temporal code; vision

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; OSCILLATION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; TOPOGRAPHY; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0031011985     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-02-00722.1997     Document Type: Article

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