Alpha and beta band event-related desynchronization reflects kinematic regularities

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1627-1637

  Meirovitch, Yaron ^a   Harris, Hila ^a   Dayan, Eran ^b   Arieli, Amos ^a   Flash, Tamar ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

2 3 power law; Action perception coupling; Biological motion; Event related desynchronization; Motion perception; Movement kinematics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROBUSTNESS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN MAPPING; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; BETA RHYTHM; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BRAIN MAPPING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921912656     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5371-13.2015     Document Type: Article

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