Beta band oscillations as a correlate of alertness - Changes in aging

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 62-67

  Gola, Mateusz ^a   Kamiński, Jan ^b   Brzezicka, Aneta ^a   Wróbel, Andrzej ^b  

^a SWPS UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Poland)

^b NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aging; Attention; Beta band; Human EEG

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALERTNESS; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BETA RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; BETA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862772238     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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