Gamma-Band Synchronous Oscillations: Recent Evidence Regarding Their Functional Significance

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 213-224

  Sauvé, Kevin ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REVIEW; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VISION;

BRAIN; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SMELL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VISION;

EID: 0033144668     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ccog.1999.0383     Document Type: Article

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