Combining temporal and spectral information with spatial mapping to identify differences between phonological and semantic networks: a magnetoencephalographic approach

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue AUG, 2012, Pages

  McNab, Fiona ^a   Hillebrand, Arjan ^b   Swithenby, Stephen J ^c   Rippon, Gina ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beamforming; Beta; Gamma; Magnetoencephalography,; Phonological processing; Semantic processing; Synthetic aperture magnetometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867137281     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00270     Document Type: Article

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