Probing of brain states in real-time: Introducing the con sole environment

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue MAR, 2011, Pages

  Hartmann, Thomas ^a   Schulz, Hannah ^a   Weisz, Nathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain states; EEG; Neurofeedback; Oscillation; Real time analysis; Single trial analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855943004     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00036     Document Type: Article

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