Blink-related delta oscillations in the resting-state EEG: A wavelet analysis

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 449, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-60

  Bonfiglio, Luca ^a   Sello, Stefano ^b   Andre, Paolo ^a   Carboncini, Maria Chiara ^a   Arrighi, Pieranna ^a   Rossi, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b ENEL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attention; Blink; Consciousness; Delta rhythm; EEG; P300

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EYELID REFLEX; HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BLINKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56449122177     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.10.039     Document Type: Article

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