A smarter brain is associated with stronger neural interaction in healthy young females: A resting EEG coherence study

Intelligence

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 38-48

  Lee, Tien Wen ^a,b   Wu, Yu Te ^c   Yu, Younger W Y ^d   Wu, Hung Chi ^e   Chen, Tai Jui ^f,g  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Yu's Psychiatric Clinic   (Taiwan)

^e KAI SUAN PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f E DA HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^g I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coherence; Commonality; Electroencephalography (EEG); Intelligence; Uniqueness

Indexed keywords

EID: 83955161104     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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