Alpha power gates relevant information during working memory updating

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 5998-6002

  Manza, Peter ^a   Hau, Chui Luen Vera ^a   Leung, Hoi Chung ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha power; Cognition; EEG; Oscillations; Updating; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EYE MOVEMENT; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RESPONSE TIME; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

ALPHA POWER; COGNITION; EEG; OSCILLATIONS; UPDATING; WORKING MEMORY;

ALPHA RHYTHM; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899493351     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4641-13.2014     Document Type: Article

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