Prestimulus alpha power predicts fidelity of sensory encoding in perceptual decision making

NeuroImage

Volumn 87, Issue , 2014, Pages 242-251

  Lou, Bin ^a   Li, Yun ^b   Philiastides, Marios G ^c   Sajda, Paul ^a  

^a Department of Biomedical Engineering Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alpha power; Decision making; Electroencephalogram (EEG); Sensory encoding; Single trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUNEUS; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ALPHA POWER; DECISION-MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM (EEG); SENSORY ENCODING; SINGLE-TRIAL;

ADULT; BRAIN; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890928207     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.10.041     Document Type: Article

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