Cerebral-cortical networking and activation increase as a function of cognitive-motor task difficulty

Biological Psychology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 127-133

  Rietschel, Jeremy C ^a,b   Miller, Matthew W ^a   Gentili, Rodolphe J ^a   Goodman, Ronald N ^b   McDonald, Craig G ^c   Hatfield, Bradley D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Maryland Exercise and Robotics Center of Excellence   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortical networking; EEG; Performance; Task difficulty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN WAVES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859497726     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2012.02.022     Document Type: Article

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