Average Is Optimal: An Inverted-U Relationship between Trial-to-Trial Brain Activity and Behavioral Performance

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  He, Biyu J ^a   Zempel, John M ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

BEHAVIORAL PERFORMANCE; BRAIN ACTIVITY; CONDITION; DETECTION TASKS; EVENT RELATED POTENTIALS; HIT RATE; MONOTONICS; TRIAL-TO-TRIAL VARIABILITIES; U-SHAPED; VISUAL STIMULUS;

BRAIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CRANIOTOMY; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; NEUROMONITORING; NEUROSURGERY; NOISE; RESPONSE TIME; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888254681     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003348     Document Type: Article

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