Behavioral oscillations in attention: Rhythmic α pulses mediated through θ band

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 4837-4844

  Song, Kun ^a,c   Meng, Ming ^b   Lin, Chen ^a   Zhou, Ke ^a   Luo, Huan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Behavioral rhythm; Cross frequency coupling; Precuing; Rhythmic sampling; pulse; phase

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIORAL RHYTHM; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHYTHM; VISUAL ACUITY;

BEHAVIORAL RHYTHM; CROSS-FREQUENCY COUPLING; PRECUING; RHYTHMIC SAMPLING; Α PULSE; Θ PHASE;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; CUES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERIODICITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; THETA RHYTHM; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899408735     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4856-13.2014     Document Type: Article

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