A novel method for the determination of the EEG individual alpha frequency

NeuroImage

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 774-786

  Goljahani, A ^a   D'Avanzo, C ^a   Schiff, S ^a   Amodio, P ^a   Bisiacchi, P ^a   Sparacino, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alpha reactivity; Inter individual variability; Leads selection; Peak frequency; Spectrum; Transition frequency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHANNEL REACTIVITY BASED METHOD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXTENDED BAND METHOD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIVIDUAL ALPHA FREQUENCY; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PEAK FREQUENCY METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THETA RHYTHM; TRANSITION FREQUENCY METHOD;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS;

EID: 84856096320     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.12.001     Document Type: Article

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