Neurophysiological and behavioral indices of time pressure effects on visuomotor task performance

Cognitive Brain Research

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 287-298

  Slobounov, S M ^a   Fukada, K ^a   Simon, R ^a   Rearick, M ^a   Ray, W ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha rhythm; EEG; Gamma rhythm; Theta rhythm; Time pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; STRESS; THETA RHYTHM; TIME; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 0034090982     PISSN: 09266410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-6410(00)00009-4     Document Type: Article

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