Electroencephalographic Coherence and Learning: Distinct Patterns of Change During Word Learning and Figure Learning Tasks

Mind, Brain, and Education

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 208-218

  Collins, Peter ^a   Hogan, Michael J ^a   Kilmartin, Liam ^a   Keane, Michael ^a   Kaiser, Jochen ^b   Fischer, Kurt ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

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EID: 78449242558     PISSN: 17512271     EISSN: 1751228X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-228X.2010.01100.x     Document Type: Article

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