The technical, neurological, and psychological significance of `alpha', `delta' and `theta' waves confounded in EEG evoked potentials: A study of peak amplitudes

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 673-693

  Robinson, David L ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Age; Amplitude; Arousal; EEG; Evoked potentials; Intelligence; Personality; Sex

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034165432     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(99)00130-0     Document Type: Article

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