Parametric alpha- and beta-band signatures of supramodal numerosity information in human working memory

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 4293-4302

  Spitzer, Bernhard ^a   Fleck, Sebastian ^a   Blankenburg, Felix ^a,b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

EEG; Neural coding; Numerical cognition; Oscillations; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BETA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; TACTILE STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

EEG; NEURAL CODING; NUMERICAL COGNITION; OSCILLATIONS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84896305099     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4580-13.2014     Document Type: Article

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