The best of both worlds: Phase-reset of human EEG alpha activity and additive power contribute to ERP generation

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 58-68

  Min, Byoung Kyong ^a   Busch, Niko A ^a   Debener, Stefan ^b   Kranczioch, Cornelia ^c   Hanslmayr, Simon ^d   Engel, Andreas K ^e   Herrmann, Christoph S ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MRC INSTITUTE OF HEARING RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Additive power; Alpha activity; EEG; ERP; Phase resetting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34347261697     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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