Oscillatory power decreases and long-term memory: The information via desynchronization hypothesis

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue APRIL 2012, 2012, Pages

  Hanslmayr, Simon ^a   Staudig, Tobias ^a   Fellner, Marie Christin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpha; Bet; Desynchronization; EEG; Long term memory; MEG; Oscillations; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BOLD SIGNAL; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LONG TERM MEMORY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL TASK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PREDICTION; REVIEW; SEMANTICS; SENSORY STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84933674699     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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