Illumination influences working memory: An EEG study

Neuroscience

Volumn 247, Issue , 2013, Pages 386-394

  Park, Jin Young ^a,b   Min, Byoung Kyong ^c   Jung, Young Chul ^b,d   Pak, Hyensou ^e   Jeong, Yeon Hong ^e   Kim, Eosu ^b,d  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

^d Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e LG Electronics Inc   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Color temperature; Frontal EEG theta activity; Illuminance; Sternberg task; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACTORIAL DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUMINATION; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPERATURE; THETA RHYTHM; WAVEFORM; WORKING MEMORY;

ACC; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANOVA; ANTERIOR CINGULATE CORTEX; COLOR-TEMPERATURE; EEG; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ERP; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIAL; FRONTAL EEG THETA ACTIVITY; ILLUMINANCE; LED; LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE; STERNBERG TASK; WORKING MEMORY;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880581725     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.05.016     Document Type: Article

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