Neurophysiological indices of strategy development and skill acquisition

Cognitive Brain Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 389-404

  Smith, Michael E ^a   McEvoy, Linda K ^a   Gevins, Alan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Alpha rhythm; Attention; EEG; Learning; Practice; Theta rhythm; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE; THETA RHYTHM; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; WORKING MEMORY;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOTOR SKILLS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; THETA RHYTHM; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 0032940959     PISSN: 09266410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-6410(98)00043-3     Document Type: Article

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