Localization of cortical phase and amplitude dynamics during visual working memory encoding and retention

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 5013-5025

  Palva, Satu ^a   Kulashekhar, Shrikanth ^a,b   Hämäläinen, Matti ^c,d   Palva, J Matias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; OSCILLATION; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THETA RHYTHM; VISUAL WORKING MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79955730452     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5592-10.2011     Document Type: Article

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