Dynamics of the electroencephalogram during performance of a mental task
Tóm tắt
Dynamics of the EEG activity — during the performance of a mental task — was investigated by the nonstationary power spectrum method. The performance of the mental arithmetic is associated with suppression of the alpha wave. The suppression of the alpha wave is not as marked as the alpha blocking accompanying opening of the eyes. Alpha wave suppression during the mental task was nonsymmetric around the center frequency of the alpha wave, and lower frequency components were suppressed more than high frequency components. An explanation of these observations is proposed in terms of decrease in the periods of alpha prevalence during performance of mental tasks.
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