EEG early evoked gamma-band synchronization reflects object recognition in visual oddball tasks

Brain Topography

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 261-264

  Stefanics, Gábor ^a,c   Jakab, Attila ^a   Bernáth, László ^a   Kellényi, Lóránd ^a   Hernádi, István ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

EEG; Gamma band; Neural representation; Neural savings; Phase locking factor; Picture repetition; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 3342978089     PISSN: 08960267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BRAT.0000032862.38122.b6     Document Type: Article

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