Rhythmic Fluctuations in Evidence Accumulation during Decision Making in the Human Brain

Neuron

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 847-858

  Wyart, Valentin ^a,b   de Gardelle, Vincent ^a   Scholl, Jacqueline ^a   Summerfield, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN MAPPING; DECISION MAKING; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PARIETAL CORTEX; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY PERIOD; SENSORY STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN WAVES; DECISION MAKING; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERIODICITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869800550     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2012.09.015     Document Type: Article

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