EEG coherence during mental rotation of letters, hands and scenes

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 128-135

  Thomas, Monika ^a   Dalecki, Marc ^a   Abeln, Vera ^a  

^a GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Inter hemispheric connections; Intra hemispheric connections; Mental rotation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORTICAL ELECTRODE; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL ROTATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

INTER-HEMISPHERIC CONNECTIONS; INTRA-HEMISPHERIC CONNECTIONS; MENTAL ROTATION;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY PHASE SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; NERVE NET; PARIETAL LOBE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; READING; ROTATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880336209     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2013.06.014     Document Type: Article

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