Effects of memory load on cortical oscillatory activity during auditory pattern working memory

Brain Research

Volumn 1120, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 131-140

  Leiberg, Susanne ^a,b   Lutzenberger, Werner ^b   Kaiser, Jochen ^c  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpha; Auditory working memory; Beta; Brain oscillations; Magnetoencephalography (MEG); Memory load

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MEMORY; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 33750428162     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.08.066     Document Type: Article

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