Lower theta inter-trial phase coherence during performance monitoring is related to higher reaction time variability: A lifespan study

NeuroImage

Volumn 83, Issue , 2013, Pages 912-920

  Papenberg, Goran ^a,c   Hämmerer, Dorothea ^a,b   Müller, Viktor ^a   Lindenberger, Ulman ^a   Li, Shu Chen ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aging; Inter trial phase coherence; Maturation; Performance monitoring; Theta oscillations; Trial to trial reaction time variability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEDIAL FRONTAL CORTEX; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SCHOOL CHILD; THETA RHYTHM;

AGING; INTER-TRIAL PHASE COHERENCE; MATURATION; PERFORMANCE MONITORING; THETA OSCILLATIONS; TRIAL-TO-TRIAL REACTION TIME VARIABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; BRAIN; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THETA RHYTHM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882621141     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.07.032     Document Type: Article

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