Training for voluntarily increasing individual upper α power as a method for cognitive enhancement

Human Physiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 40-48

  Alexeeva, M V ^a   Balios, N V ^b   Muravlyova, K B ^a   Sapina, E V ^a   Bazanova, O M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

activity EEG; biofeedback; cognitive functions; sham biofeedback; training efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856620252     PISSN: 03621197     EISSN: 16083164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0362119711060028     Document Type: Article

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