Instruction differentiates the processing of temporal and spatial sequential patterns: Evidence from slow wave activity in humans

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 265, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-4

  Schubotz, Ricarda ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Event related potential; Go no go paradigm; Prefrontal cortex; Rhythm; Short term memory; Slow cortical potential; Spatial sequences; Temporal sequences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROOCULOGRAM; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTING RESPONSE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; SPATIAL SUMMATION; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; TIME PERCEPTION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0033537920     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00152-4     Document Type: Article

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