"Too many betas do not spoil the broth": The role of beta brain oscillations in language processing

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue JUN, 2012, Pages

  Weiss, Sabine ^a   Mueller, Horst M ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beta; Brain oscillations; Coherence; Frequency; Language; Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867135060     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00201     Document Type: Article

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