Long-term and within-day variability of working memory performance and EEG in individuals

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 123, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1291-1299

  Gevins, Alan ^a   McEvoy, Linda K ^a,c   Smith, Michael E ^a,b   Chan, Cynthia S ^a   Sam Vargas, Lita ^a   Baum, Cliff ^a   Ilan, Aaron B ^a  

^a San Francisco Brain Research Institute and SAM Technology   (United States)

^b Cor Techs Labs ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian variability; Drug effects; EEG; Individual differences; Long term variability; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CAFFEINE; CANNABIS; DIPHENHYDRAMINE;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; CAFFEINE; CANNABIS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84861652500     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.11.004     Document Type: Article

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