EEG power changes during a multiple level memory retention task

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 107-118

  Wilson, Glenn F ^a   Swain, Carolyne R ^b   Ullsperger, Peter ^c  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Logicon Inc   (United States)

^c Ba Arbeitsschutz/A   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpha; Beta; EEG; Memory; Mental workload; Task difficulty; Theta

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL LOAD; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; THETA RHYTHM; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; BETA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 0032931859     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8760(99)00005-7     Document Type: Article

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