Self-regulation of frontal-midline theta facilitates memory updating and mental set shifting

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue DEC, 2014, Pages 1-13

  Enriquez Geppert, Stefanie ^a,b   Huster, René J ^a   Figge, Christian ^b   Herrmann, Christoph S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b European Medical School Oldenburg Groningen   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive enhancement; EEG; Executive functions; Frontal midline theta; Neurofeedback; Proactive and reactive control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CONFLICT MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL MIDLINE THETA OSCILLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEMORY; MEMORY UPDATING; MOTOR INHIBITION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROFEEDBACK; SET SHIFTING; STOP SIGNAL TASK; STROOP TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; THETA RHYTHM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928667987     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00420     Document Type: Article

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