Larger interregional synchrony is associated with greater behavioral success in a complex sensory integration task in humans

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 670-678

  Hummel, Friedhelm ^a,b   Gerloff, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coherence; EEG; Humans; Interregional synchrony; Visuotactile

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; TOUCH; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 17744374627     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhh170     Document Type: Article

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