Event-related desynchronization in the alpha band and the processing of semantic information

Cognitive Brain Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 83-94

  Klimesch, W ^a   Doppelmayr, M ^a   Pachinger, T ^a   Russegger, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ATTENTION; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEMORY;

EID: 0031444563     PISSN: 09266410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-6410(97)00018-9     Document Type: Article

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