Not all errors are alike: Theta and alpha EEG dynamics relate to differences in error-processing dynamics

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 47, 2012, Pages 16795-16806

  van Driel, Joram ^a   Richard Ridderinkhof, K ^a   Cohen, Michael X ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY PHASE SYNCHRONIZATION; ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THETA RHYTHM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; THETA RHYTHM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870011226     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0802-12.2012     Document Type: Article

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