Short-term memory capacity (7±2) predicted by theta to gamma cycle length ratio

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-23

  Kamiński, Jan ^a   Brzezicka, Aneta ^b   Wróbel, Andrzej ^a  

^a NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b SWPS UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Poland)

Author keywords

EEG; Gamma; Short term memory; Theta

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; SHORT TERM MEMORY; THETA RHYTHM;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN WAVES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 78651259418     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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