EEG synchrony during a perceptual-cognitive task: Widespread phase synchrony at all frequencies

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 695-708

  Pockett, Susan ^a   Bold, Gary E J ^a   Freeman, Walter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha; Beta; Broad band phase; EEG; Epsilon; Gamma; Global synchrony; High gamma; Phase synchrony; Theta

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; THETA RHYTHM; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OSCILLOMETRY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63549147886     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2008.12.044     Document Type: Article

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