Slow cortical potentials: Plasticity, operant control, and behavioral effects

Neuroscientist

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 74-78

  Birbaumer, Niels ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Operant self control; Slow cortical potentials; Thought translation device

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEM; DEVICE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LOCKED IN SYNDROME; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; SEIZURE THRESHOLD;

EID: 0032957041     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107385849900500211     Document Type: Review

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