A new method to determine temporal variability in the period of pre-movement electroencephalographic activity

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 165-170

  Dirnberger, Georg ^a   Lang, Wilfried ^a   Lindinger, Gerald ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Distribution; Motor preparation; Movement related cortical potential; Readiness potential; Single trial; Skewness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55749085805     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2008.08.006     Document Type: Article

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