EEG alpha activity is associated with individual differences in post-break improvement

NeuroImage

Volumn 76, Issue , 2013, Pages 81-89

  Lim, Julian ^a   Quevenco, Frances Catherine ^a   Kwok, Kenneth ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Alpha power; EEG; Rest break; Sustained attention; Time on task

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESPONSE TIME; REST; TASK PERFORMANCE; THETA RHYTHM;

ATTENTION; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; REACTION TIME; REST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876327827     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.03.018     Document Type: Article

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