Increased theta coherence during Chinese reading

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 132-138

  Cheung, Mei chun ^a   Chan, Agnes S ^b   Sze, Sophia L ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese reading; Coherence; Electroencephalography; Language processing; Theta band

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; READING; TEMPORAL LOBE; THETA RHYTHM;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BRAIN MAPPING; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; READING; REST; THETA RHYTHM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349755918     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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