EEG alpha and theta oscillations reflect cognitive and memory performance: A review and analysis

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 169-195

  Klimesch, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alpha; EEG; ERD; Hippocampus; Memory; Oscillation; Thalamus; Theta

Indexed keywords

ALPHA RHYTHM; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HIPPOCAMPUS; HIPPOCAMPUS THETA RHYTHM; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THETA RHYTHM; WAKEFULNESS;

ALPHA RHYTHM; ANIMALS; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MEMORY; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 0032907015     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0173(98)00056-3     Document Type: Review

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