Attentional modulation of the somatosensory mu rhythm

Neuroscience

Volumn 180, Issue , 2011, Pages 165-180

  Anderson, K L ^a   Ding, M ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha; EEG; ERPs; Mu; Neural oscillations; Somatosensory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MU RHYTHM; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ATTENTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953186431     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.02.004     Document Type: Article

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