Differences in resting EEG related to ability

Brain Topography

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 229-240

  Jaušovec, Norbert ^a   Jaušovec, Ksenija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Coherence; Creativity; EEG; Individual differences; Intelligence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CREATIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT; TEACHER;

EID: 0342314572     PISSN: 08960267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023446024923     Document Type: Article

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