Defective alpha reactivity with mental concentration

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 424-428

  Westmoreland, Barbara F ^a   Klass, Donald W ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha; Asymmetry; EEG; Reactivity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PROBLEM SOLVING; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SLOW BRAIN WAVE;

EID: 0031771607     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004691-199809000-00006     Document Type: Article

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