Prestimulus oscillations enhance psychophysical performance in humans

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 45, 2004, Pages 10186-10190

  Linkenkaer Hansen, Klaus ^a,b,c,e   Nikulin, Vadim V ^a,c,d   Palva, Satu ^a,b,c   Ilmoniemi, Risto J ^a,c   Palva, J Matias ^b  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c Helsinki Brain Research Center   (Finland)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conscious perception; Human; Intrinsic stochastic resonance; Magnetoencephalography; Ongoing oscillations; Prestimulus states

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OSCILLATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PARIETAL LOBE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TOUCH;

EID: 8544252432     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2584-04.2004     Document Type: Article

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