Variability of EEG synchronization during a working memory task in healthy subjects

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 53-66

  Stam, Cornelis J ^a   Van Cappellen Van Walsum, Anne Marie ^a   Micheloyannis, Sifis ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cognition; Electroencephalogram; Entropy; Synchronization; Variability; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENTROPY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; THETA RHYTHM; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ALPHA RHYTHM; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENTROPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; THETA RHYTHM; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036790829     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8760(02)00041-7     Document Type: Article

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