Modulation of brain activities by hierarchical processing: A high-density ERP study

Brain Topography

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 171-183

  Han, Shihui ^a   Fan, Silu ^a   Chen, Lin ^a   Zhuo, Yan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Brain tomography; Current density; Event related brain potentials; Hierarchical pattern

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LATENT PERIOD; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 0032953673     PISSN: 08960267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022244727182     Document Type: Article

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