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dc.contributor.authorHeinz, Andrew Jordan
dc.description.abstractNeural oscillations in the alpha frequency band (8-12 Hz) are among the most salient and ubiquitous phenomena observed in human electroencephalographic recordings. There have been various proposals regarding the functional significance of these oscillations, including the inhibition of task-irrelevant cortical areas, and the active retention of information in visual working memory. In an attempt to delineate between these two alternatives, I recorded EEG while participants performed two tasks requiring the short-term retention of visual working memory items. The results suggest that alpha-band oscillations reflect the implementation of an attentionally selective executive control process, inhibiting task-irrelevant processing, aiding the stability of active retention.en_US
dc.publisherNorth Dakota State Universityen_US
dc.rightsNDSU Policy 190.6.2
dc.titleA Unitary Framework Defining the Functional Significance of Neural Oscillations in the Alpha Frequencyen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-22T16:07:09Z
dc.date.available2018-05-22T16:07:09Z
dc.date.issued2016en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10365/28140
dc.rights.urihttps://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf
ndsu.degreeMaster of Science (MS)en_US
ndsu.collegeScience and Mathematicsen_US
ndsu.departmentPsychologyen_US
ndsu.programVisual and Cognitive Neuroscienceen_US
ndsu.advisorJohnson, Jeffrey S.


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