Increased emergence of alpha activity over the left but not the right temporal lobe within a dark acoustic chamber: Differential response of the left but not the right hemisphere to transcerebral magnetic fields

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 163-169

  Persinger, M A ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alpha activity; Electroencephalography; Hemispheric asymmetry; Temporal lobes; Transcerebral magnetic fields

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; BRAIN; DARKNESS; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0032760733     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8760(99)00069-0     Document Type: Article

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