Characterizing working memory load using EEG delta activity

European Signal Processing Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1554-1558

  Zarjam, Pega ^a,b   Epps, Julien ^a,b   Chen, Fang ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION ACCURACY; CROSS CORRELATIONS; DELTA ACTIVITY; EEG RECORDING; EEG SIGNALS; MULTI-CLASS SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES; SUBBANDS; WAVELET COEFFICIENTS; WORKING MEMORIES;

FREQUENCY BANDS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES;

EID: 84863773336     PISSN: 22195491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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