Functional cortical connectivity analysis of mental fatigue unmasks hemispheric asymmetry and changes in small-world networks

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 220-230

  Sun, Yu ^a   Lim, Julian ^a   Kwok, Kenneth ^a   Bezerianos, Anastasios ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography (EEG); Partial directed coherence (PDC); Psychomotor vigilance test (PVT); Small world; Time on task

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CONNECTOME; DYSTHYMIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY (EEG); PARTIAL DIRECTED COHERENCE (PDC); PSYCHOMOTOR VIGILANCE TEST (PVT); SMALL WORLD; TIME-ON-TASK;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONNECTOME; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL FATIGUE; NERVE NET; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892884794     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2013.12.011     Document Type: Article

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