Pulsed out of awareness: EEG alpha oscillations represent a pulsed-inhibition of ongoing cortical processing

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue MAY, 2011, Pages

  Mathewson, Kyle ^a   Lleras, Alejandro ^a   Beck, Diane ^a   Fabiani, Monica ^a   Ro, Tony ^b   Gratton, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha; EEG; Oscillation; Phase; Pulsed inhibition

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053645890     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00099     Document Type: Review

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