Human gamma-band activity and behavior

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-48

  Rieder, Maria K ^a   Rahm, Benjamin ^a,b   Williams, John D ^c   Kaiser, Jochen ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavior; Gamma band activity; Insight; Long term memory; Motor behavior; Perceptual awareness; Performance; Short term memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAMMA BAND ACTIVITY; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; LONG TERM MEMORY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ATTENTION; BRAIN WAVES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 79251614262     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2010.08.010     Document Type: Article

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