Load dependence of β and α oscillations predicts individual capacity of visual attention

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 48, 2013, Pages 19023-19033

  Rouhinen, Sateri ^a,b   Panula, Jonatan ^a   Matias Palva, J ^a   Palva, Satu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Attention; EEG; MEG; Oscillation; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROOCULOGRAM; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEURONAL OSCILLATION; PARIETAL CORTEX; PARIETAL GYRUS; PRECENTRAL SULCUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; WORKING MEMORY; BETA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY PHASE SYNCHRONIZATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BETA RHYTHM; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY PHASE SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888257618     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1666-13.2013     Document Type: Article

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