Fluctuations of prestimulus oscillatory power predict subjective perception of tactile simultaneity

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2564-2574

  Lange, Joachim ^a   Halacz, Johanna ^a   Van Dijk, Hanneke ^a   Kahlbrock, Nina ^a   Schnitzler, Alfons ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

alpha; beta; MEG; oscillation; somatosensory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TACTILE STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; BEHAVIOR; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867302061     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhr329     Document Type: Article

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