Frontal theta and alpha power and coherence changes are modulated by semantic complexity in Go/NoGo tasks

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 215-224

  Brier, Matthew R ^a   Ferree, Thomas C ^b   Maguire, Mandy J ^a   Moore, Patricia ^a   Spence, Jeffrey ^b   Tillman, Gail D ^a   Hart, John ^a,b   Kraut, Michael A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Categorization; EEG; Response inhibition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; THETA RHYTHM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SEMANTICS; THETA RHYTHM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78349310516     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2010.07.011     Document Type: Article

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