Working memory processes are mediated by local and long-range synchronization of alpha oscillations

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1343-1357

  Crespo Garcia, Maite ^a   Pinal, Diego ^a,b   Cantero, Jose L ^a   Díaz, Fernando ^b   Zurrón, Montserrat ^b   Atienza, Mercedes ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; OSCILLATION; POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; SUPERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; TIME; WORKING MEMORY; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MEMORY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NERVE NET; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879926236     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00379     Document Type: Article

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