Intelligence and working memory systems: Evidence of neural efficiency in alpha band ERD

Cognitive Brain Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 212-225

  Grabner, R H ^a   Fink, A ^a   Stipacek, A ^a   Neuper, C ^a   Neubauer, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Central executive; Cognition; Event related desynchronization; Intelligence; Neural basis of behavior; Neural efficiency; Short term memory; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; COGNITION; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 2942595971     PISSN: 09266410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cogbrainres.2004.02.010     Document Type: Article

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