Learned changes of brain states alter cognitive processing in humans

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 253, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 159-162

  Mohr, Bettina ^a   Pulvermüller, Friedemann ^a   Schleichert, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive; Electroencephalography; Hemisphere; Language; Operant conditioning; Slow cortical potentials; Word processing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH THERAPY; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; AGED; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032480323     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00630-2     Document Type: Article

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