EEG oscillations reveal neural correlates of evidence accumulation

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JULY, 2012, Pages 1-13

  vanVugt, M K ^a   Simen, P ^b   Nystrom, L E ^c   Holmes, P ^c,d   Cohen, J D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Drift diffusion model; Eeg; Oscillations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; DIFFUSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 84865169779     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2012.00106     Document Type: Article

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