Alpha power and coherence primarily reflect neural activity related to stages of motor response during a continuous monitoring task

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 79-89

  Moore, Roger A ^a   Gale, Anthony ^a   Morris, Paul H ^a   Forrester, Dave ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alpha coherence power; Mu; Response preparation execution inhibition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HIPPOCAMPUS THETA RHYTHM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MONITORING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SPIKE WAVE; SUBSTANTIA GELATINOSA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 45849089925     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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