EEG alpha phase shifts during transition from wakefulness to drowsiness

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 195-205

  Kalauzi, Aleksandar ^a   Vuckovic, Aleksandra ^b   Bojić, Tijana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Alertness; Alpha rhythm; Drowsiness; Electroencephalographic signals; Hypnagogic state; Phase shift

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ALERTNESS; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CARRIER FREQUENCY PHASE POTENTIAL; CARRIER FREQUENCY PHASE SHIFT; DROWSINESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; TEMPORAL CORTEX; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; SLEEP STAGES; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84870236503     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2012.04.012     Document Type: Article

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