Amplitude spectrum EEG signal evidence for the dissociation of motor and perceptual spatial working memory in the human brain

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 232, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 659-673

  Smyrnis, Nikolaos ^a,c   Protopapa, Foteini ^b   Tsoukas, Evangelos ^a   Balogh, Allison ^c   Siettos, Constantinos I ^b   Evdokimidis, Ioannis ^a  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Delayed response; Event related potentials; Induced beta activity; Induced gamma activity; Movement planning; Spatial working memory; Time frequency analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN WAVES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOVEMENT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 84893866709     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: 14321106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-013-3774-z     Document Type: Article

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