Toward a psychophysiology of expertise: Focal magnetic gamma bursts as a signature of memory chunks and the aptitude of chess players

Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 253-258

  Amidzic, Ognjen ^a   Riehle, Hartmut J ^a   Elbert, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aptitude; Chess; Chunks; Expert memory; Gamma band; Giftedness

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKILL; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 33750967652     PISSN: 02698803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0269-8803.20.4.253     Document Type: Article

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