Human gamma-band activity: A window to cognitive processing

NeuroReport

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 207-211

  Kaiser, Jochen ^a,b   Lutzenberger, Werner ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Audio visual integration; Change detection; Electroencephalography (EEG); Gamma band activity (GBA); Magnetoencephalography(MEG); Short term memory

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; AUDIOVISUAL INTEGRATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FRONTAL CORTEX; GAMMA BAND ACTIVITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MEMORY; OSCILLATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISION;

BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MENTAL PROCESSES; NERVE NET;

EID: 14944382157     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200502280-00001     Document Type: Review

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