Somatosensory anticipatory alpha activity increases to suppress distracting input

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 677-685

  Haegens, Saskia ^a   Luther, Lisa ^a   Jensen, Ole ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BETA RHYTHM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856362121     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00164     Document Type: Article

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