Prestimulus Interhemispheric Coupling of Brain Rhythms Predicts Cognitive-Motor Performance in Healthy Humans

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1883-1890

  Vecchio, Fabrizio ^a   Lacidogna, Giordano ^b   Miraglia, Francesca ^a   Bramanti, Placido ^c   Ferreri, Florinda ^d,e   Rossini, Paolo Maria ^a,b  

^a IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c IRCCS CENTRO NEUROLESI BONINO PULEJO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIODICITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SPECTROSCOPY; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN WAVES; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERIODICITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905191615     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00615     Document Type: Article

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