Interacting Memory Systems—Does EEG Alpha Activity Respond to Semantic Long-Term Memory Access in a Working Memory Task?
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Section
2.1. Participants
2.2. Stimulus Presentation
2.3. Experimental Task and Trial Setup
2.4. EEG Acquisition
2.5. EEG Analysis
2.5.1. Scalp Level EEG Analysis
2.5.2. Source Level EEG Analysis
2.6. Statistical Analysis
2.6.1. Behavioural Analysis
2.6.2. EEG Data Analysis
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Behavioural Data
3.2. EEG Data
3.2.1. Frontal Midline Theta and Distributed Theta Activity (4–7 Hz)
3.2.2. Upper Alpha (10–13 Hz)
3.2.3. Lower Beta (13–20 Hz)
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Berger, B.; Omer, S.; Minarik, T.; Sterr, A.; Sauseng, P. Interacting Memory Systems—Does EEG Alpha Activity Respond to Semantic Long-Term Memory Access in a Working Memory Task? Biology 2015, 4, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology4010001
Berger B, Omer S, Minarik T, Sterr A, Sauseng P. Interacting Memory Systems—Does EEG Alpha Activity Respond to Semantic Long-Term Memory Access in a Working Memory Task? Biology. 2015; 4(1):1-16. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology4010001
Chicago/Turabian StyleBerger, Barbara, Serif Omer, Tamas Minarik, Annette Sterr, and Paul Sauseng. 2015. "Interacting Memory Systems—Does EEG Alpha Activity Respond to Semantic Long-Term Memory Access in a Working Memory Task?" Biology 4, no. 1: 1-16. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology4010001