Oscillatory correlates of vibrotactile frequency processing in human working memory

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 4496-4502

  Spitzer, Bernhard ^a   Wacker, Evelin ^a   Blankenburg, Felix ^a  

^a BERNSTEIN CENTER FOR COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; HUMAN; INDEX FINGER; INFORMATION; MALE; MODULATION; NERVE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; OSCILLATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESSING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSORY MEMORY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STEADY STATE; STIMULUS; TACTILE STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TOUCH; VIBRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949786189     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6041-09.2010     Document Type: Article

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