Increased brain signal variability accompanies lower behavioral variability in development

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  McIntosh, Anthony Randal ^a   Kovacevic, Natasa ^a   Itier, Roxane J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS;

BEHAVIORAL MEASURES; BRAIN DYNAMICS; BRAIN SIGNALS; ELECTRICAL ACTIVITIES; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; PERFORMANCE; SIGNAL VARIABILITY; SINGLE TRIAL; TRIAL-TO-TRIAL VARIABILITIES; YOUNG ADULTS;

BRAIN;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; RECOGNITION; RESPONSE TIME; SCHOOL CHILD; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; NERVE NET; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 48249142843     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000106     Document Type: Article

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