Using graph theoretical analysis of multi channel EEG to evaluate the neural efficiency hypothesis

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 402, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 273-277

  Micheloyannis, Sifis ^a,d   Pachou, Ellie ^a   Stam, Cornelis J ^b   Vourkas, Michael ^c   Erimaki, Sophia ^a   Tsirka, Vasso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Technical Education High School   (Greece)

^d Technical High School of Crete   (Greece)

Author keywords

Graph theory; Neural efficiency; Small world network; Synchronization likelihood; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURONS; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 33745023307     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.04.006     Document Type: Article

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