Alpha brain oscillations and inhibitory control: A partially preserved mechanism in healthy aging?

Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 208-215

  Schmiedt Fehr, Christina ^a   Mathes, Birgit ^a   Basar Eroglu, Canan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Alpha oscillations; Go NoGo; Stimulus response processing; VEP

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHIBITION KINETICS; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 77952353503     PISSN: 02698803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0269-8803.23.4.208     Document Type: Article

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