Event-related alpha and theta responses in a visuo-spatial working memory task

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1882-1893

  Bastiaansen, Marcel C M ^a   Posthuma, Danielle ^b   Groot, Paul F C ^b   De Geus, Eco J C ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alpha rhythm; Band power; Electroencephalographic oscillations; Theta rhythm; Visuo spatial; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; THETA RHYTHM; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 0036899214     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-2457(02)00303-6     Document Type: Article

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