Induced alpha band power changes in the human EEG and attention

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 244, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 73-76

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alpha; Attention; Desynchronization; Electroencephalography; Expectancy; Induced oscillations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ATTENTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0032513156     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00122-0     Document Type: Article

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