Oscillatory brain state predicts variability in working memory

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 7735-7743

  Myers, Nicholas E ^a   Stokes, Mark G ^a   Walther, Lena ^a   Nobre, Anna C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alpha oscillations; Cognitive variability; Cortical excitability; Precision; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ALPHA OSCILLATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE; INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOPOGRAPHY; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

ALPHA OSCILLATIONS; COGNITIVE VARIABILITY; CORTICAL EXCITABILITY; PRECISION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901816656     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4741-13.2014     Document Type: Article

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