Cortical correlate of spatial presence in 2D and 3D interactive virtual reality: An EEG study

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 365-374

  Kober, Silvia Erika ^a   Kurzmann, Jürgen ^a   Neuper, Christa ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Coherence; Electroencephalography; Navigation; Spatial presence; Task related power decrease increase; Virtual maze; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MAZE TEST; NEURONAVIGATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL CORTEX; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN WAVES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859156242     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2011.12.003     Document Type: Article

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