Alpha-Band Rhythms in Visual Task Performance: Phase-Locking by Rhythmic Sensory Stimulation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  de Graaf, Tom A ^a   Gross, Joachim ^b   Paterson, Gavin ^b   Rusch, Tessa ^b,c   Sack, Alexander T ^a   Thut, Gregor ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OSCILLATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PERIODICITY; RHYTHMIC VISUAL STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERIODICITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

HELIOTHIS ZEA VIRUS 1;

EID: 84875500255     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060035     Document Type: Article

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