Using brain-computer interfaces and brain-state dependent stimulation as tools in cognitive neuroscience

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue MAY, 2011, Pages

  Jensen, Ole ^a   Bahramisharif, Ali ^a,b   Oostenveld, Robert ^a   Klanke, Stefan ^a   Hadjipapas, Avgis ^a   Okazaki, Yuka O ^a   van Gerven, Marcel A J ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alpha; Attention; Electroencephalography; Gamma; Magnetoencephalography; Man machine interface

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855932916     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00100     Document Type: Review

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