Alpha oscillations serve to protect working memory maintenance against anticipated distracters

Current Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 1969-1974

  Bonnefond, Mathilde ^a   Jensen, Ole ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ALPHA RHYTHM; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84867848557     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.08.029     Document Type: Article

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