Lambda waves: Incidence and relationship to photic driving

Brain Topography

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 265-272

  Shih, Jerry J ^a,b   Thompson, Stephen W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Lambda wave; Occipital; Photic driving

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0031879592     PISSN: 08960267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022270923160     Document Type: Article

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