Frequency analysis of the EEG during spatial selective attention

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 95, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 17-32

  Gomez C M ^a,b   Vazquez M ^a   Vaquero, E ^a   Lopez Mendoza D ^a   Cardoso, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b Laboratorio de Psicobiología   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alpha; Attention; Beta; Event related potentials; Frequency analysis; Peak latency

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032124772     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00207459809000646     Document Type: Article

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