Alpha oscillations related to anticipatory attention follow temporal expectations

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 40, 2011, Pages 14076-14084

  Rohenkohl, Gustavo ^a,b   Nobre, Anna C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANTICIPATORY ATTENTION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL EXPECTATION; VISION;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TIME PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052363224     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3387-11.2011     Document Type: Article

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