High-frequency oscillations in distributed neural networks reveal the dynamics of human decision making

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 1, Issue MAR, 2008, Pages

  Guggisberg, Adrian G ^a,b   Dalal, Sarang S ^c   Findlay, Anne M ^a   Nagarajan, Srikantan S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive spatial filter; Choice; Decision making; High gamma frequency band; Magnetoencephalography; Source localization; Time

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870941332     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.09.014.2007     Document Type: Article

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