Intra-hemispheric functional coupling of alpha rhythms is related to golfer's performance: A coherence EEG study

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 260-268

  Babiloni, Claudio ^a,b   Infarinato, Francesco ^c   Marzano, Nicola ^d   Iacoboni, Marco ^e   Dassù, Federica ^f   Soricelli, Andrea ^d,g   Rossini, Paolo Maria ^b,h   Limatola, Cristina ^e,i   Del Percio, Claudio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b Department of Imaging ^*  (Italy)

^c IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^d IRCCS SDN   (Italy)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^f Federazione Italiana Golf   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^h CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

ⁱ IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alpha band; Electroencephalography (EEG); Functional coupling; Golfers; Spectral coherence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTIFACTS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GOLF; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE NET; PARIETAL LOBE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82655173812     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2011.09.008     Document Type: Article

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