Prestimulus oscillations predict visual perception performance between and within subjects

• Published in: NeuroImage (Orlando, Fla.) Vol. 37; no. 4; pp. 1465 - 1473
• Main Authors: Hanslmayr, Simon, Aslan, Alp, Staudigl, Tobias, Klimesch, Wolfgang, Herrmann, Christoph S., Bäuml, Karl-Heinz
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.10.2007; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Adult; Alpha; Attention - physiology; Beta Rhythm; Brain research; Cortical Synchronization; Data Interpretation, Statistical; EEG; Electroencephalography; Electrophysiology; Female; Humans; Individuality; Letters; Male; Oscillations; Perception; Perceptual Masking; Phase coupling; Photic Stimulation; Prestimulus; Psychomotor Performance - physiology; Studies; Visual Perception - physiology; Oscillations; Alpha; Perception; Phase coupling; Prestimulus; EEG

In the present study, the electrophysiological correlates of perceiving shortly presented visual stimuli are examined. In particular, we investigated the differences in the prestimulus EEG between subjects who were able to discriminate between four shortly presented stimuli (Perceivers) and subjects...