EEG alpha oscillations in the preparation for global and local processing predict behavioral performance

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2173-2183

  Volberg, Gregor ^a   Kliegl, Katrin ^a   Hanslmayr, Simon ^a   Greenlee, Mark W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpha oscillations; Attention; EEG; Hierarchical processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERIODICITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649637684     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.20659     Document Type: Article

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