Reactivity of alpha rhythms to eyes opening is lower in athletes than non-athletes: A high-resolution EEG study

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 240-247

  Del Percio, Claudio ^a   Infarinato, Francesco ^a   Marzano, Nicola ^b   Iacoboni, Marco ^c   Aschieri, Pierluigi ^c,d,e   Lizio, Roberta ^a   Soricelli, Andrea ^b,f   Limatola, Cristina ^c,g   Rossini, Paolo M ^h,i   Babiloni, Claudio ^i,j  

^a IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS SDN   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d Federazione Italiana Judo Lotta Karate ed Arti Marziali FIJLKAM   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^g IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^h CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

ⁱ Casa di Cura San Raffaele Cassino ^*  (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Alpha rhythms; Electroencephalography (EEG); Elite karate athletes; Resting state eyes open

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EYE; EYE OPENING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; REST; RESTING STATE EYE CLOSED; TASK PERFORMANCE; TASK RELATED POWER DECREASE;

EID: 82655162071     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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