Induced alpha-band oscillations reflect ratio-dependent number discrimination in the infant brain

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2398-2406

  Libertus, Melissa E ^a   Pruitt, Laura B ^a   Woldorff, Marty G ^a   Brannon, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUMBER DISCRIMINATION; OSCILLATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP; THETA RHYTHM;

ALPHA RHYTHM; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 70350450560     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2008.21162     Document Type: Article

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