Alpha reduction and event-related potentials, theta and gamma increase linked to letter selection

NeuroReport

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 729-733

  Digiacomo, Marcia R ^a   Gómez, Carlos M ^a   Flores, Angélica B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alpha reduction; Electroencephalograph; Event related potential; Gamma oscillations; Induced; Theta oscillations; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MODULATION; NERVE CELL; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; THETA RHYTHM; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 34247592450     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3280c1e370     Document Type: Article

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