Modulation of alpha and gamma oscillations related to retrospectively orienting attention within working memory

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 2399-2405

  Poch, Claudia ^a   Campo, Pablo ^a   Barnes, Gareth R ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Magnetoencephalography; Oscillatory activity; Retro cues; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTING RESPONSE; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; RETROSPECTIVE MEMORY; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SIGNAL DETECTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY; ATTENTION; GAMMA RHYTHM; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ATTENTION; FEMALE; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84904686431     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12589     Document Type: Article

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