Attentional modulations of somatosensory alpha, beta and gamma oscillations dissociate between anticipation and stimulus processing

NeuroImage

Volumn 97, Issue , 2014, Pages 134-141

  van Ede, Freek ^a   Szebényi, Szabolcs ^a   Maris, Eric ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alpha oscillations; Gamma oscillations; Magnetoencephalography (MEG); Somatosensory; Spatial attention; Spectral signature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN FUNCTION; FEMALE; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MENTAL DISSOCIATION; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TACTILE STIMULATION; ATTENTION; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; STIMULATION; TOUCH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTENTION; BETA RHYTHM; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TOUCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901302722     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.04.047     Document Type: Article

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