Task-related modulation of anterior theta and posterior alpha EEG reflects top-down preparation

BMC Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Min, Byoung Kyong ^a   Park, Hae Jeong ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THETA RHYTHM; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; WAVEFORM; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; COLOR VISION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COLOR PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 77953934210     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-11-79     Document Type: Article

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