The role of alpha oscillations in temporal attention

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 331-343

  Hanslmayr, Simon ^a   Gross, Joachim ^b   Klimesch, Wolfgang ^c   Shapiro, Kimron L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^d BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alpha; Attentional blink; Brain oscillation; EEG; MEG; Resting state

Indexed keywords

ALPHA RHYTHM; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ATTENTIONAL BLINK; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN OSCILLATORY ACTIVITY; BRAIN REGION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ALPHA RHYTHM; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BRAIN; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PERIODICITY; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79957956118     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: 18726321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2011.04.002     Document Type: Review

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