Analysis of induced gamma-band activity in EEG during visual perception of Korean, English, Chinese words

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 403, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 216-221

  Kim, Kyung Hwan ^a   Kim, Ja Hyun ^a  

^a Yonsei University Wonju   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chinsese characters; Electroencephalogram (EEG); Gamma band activity; Korean word; Lateralization; Visual word perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; POWER SPECTRUM; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISION; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33745929039     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.04.016     Document Type: Article

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