Brain oscillations are highly influenced by gender differences

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 294-299

  Güntekin, Bahar ^a   Başar, Erol ^a  

^a ISTANBUL KULTUR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brain oscillations; EEG; Gender differences; Occipital cortex; Visual evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; OSCILLATION; PARIETAL LOBE; SENSORY SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THETA RHYTHM; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERIODICITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 34548016792     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2007.03.009     Document Type: Article

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