Dissociation of sustained attention from central executive functions: Local activity and interregional connectivity in the theta range

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 587-593

  Sauseng, P ^a   Hoppe, J ^b   Klimesch, W ^a   Gerloff, C ^b   Hummel, F C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cingulate gyrus; Electroencephalogram; Finger movements; LORETA; Task related coherence; Task related power

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; THETA RHYTHM;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; NERVE NET; PROBLEM SOLVING; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 33847032571     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.05286.x     Document Type: Article

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