Amplitude differences of evoked alpha and gamma oscillations in two different age groups

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 245-251

  Böttger, Diana ^a   Herrmann, Christoph S ^a   Von Cramon, D Yves ^a  

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

Author keywords

Aging; Binding; EEG; ERP; Gamma activity; Illusory contours; Kanizsa figures; Wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0036742755     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8760(02)00031-4     Document Type: Article

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