Semantic congruence enhances memory of episodic associations: Role of theta oscillations

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 75-90

  Atienza, Mercedes ^a   Crespo Garcia, Maite ^a   Cantero, Jose L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; OSCILLATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBICULUM; TEMPORAL LOBE; THETA RHYTHM;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEMANTICS; SPACE PERCEPTION; THETA RHYTHM; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649465403     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2009.21358     Document Type: Article

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