The Speed of Alpha-Band Oscillations Predicts the Temporal Resolution of Visual Perception

Current Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 22, 2015, Pages 2985-2990

  Samaha, Jason ^a   Postle, Bradley R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENICULATE BODY; HUMAN; MALE; PERIODICITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REACTION TIME; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENICULATE BODIES; HUMANS; MALE; PERIODICITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84960799597     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.10.007     Document Type: Article

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