Inter-individual performance differences in younger and older adults differentially relate to amplitude modulations and phase stability of oscillations controlling working memory contents

NeuroImage

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 71-82

  Werkle Bergner, Markus ^a   Freunberger, Roman ^a,b   Sander, Myriam C ^a   Lindenberger, Ulman ^a   Klimesch, Wolfgang ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aging; Alpha activity; EEG; Oscillations; Phase stability; Visual working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALPHA RHYTHM; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL TASK; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NON PHASE LOCKED OSCILLATION; OSCILLATORY POWER; PHASE LOCKED OSCILLATION; PHASE STABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SCORING SYSTEM; STERNBERG WORKING MEMORY TASK; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BEHAVIOR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROIMAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856013649     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.11.071     Document Type: Article

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