Oscillations in the alpha band (9-12 Hz) increase with memory load during retention in a short-term memory task

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 877-882

  Jensen, Ole ^a,d,e   Gelfand, Jack ^b   Kounios, John ^c   Lisman, John E ^d  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; POWER SPECTRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0036066224     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/12.8.877     Document Type: Article

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