All Relations between thinking and alpha

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Chad C Williams, Mitchel Kappen, Cameron D Hassall, Bruce Wright, Olave E Krigolso. Thinking theta and alpha: Mechanisms of intuitive and analytical reasoning. NeuroImage. vol 189. 2020-01-24. PMID:30682537. thinking theta and alpha: mechanisms of intuitive and analytical reasoning. 2020-01-24 2023-08-13 Not clear
Chad C Williams, Mitchel Kappen, Cameron D Hassall, Bruce Wright, Olave E Krigolso. Thinking theta and alpha: Mechanisms of intuitive and analytical reasoning. NeuroImage. vol 189. 2020-01-24. PMID:30682537. we demonstrate that system 1 thinking is characterized by an increase in parietal alpha eeg power reflecting autonomic access to long-term memory and a release of attentional resources whereas system 2 thinking is characterized by an increase in frontal theta eeg power indicative of the engagement of cognitive control and working memory processes. 2020-01-24 2023-08-13 Not clear
Caroline Di Bernardi Luft, Ioanna Zioga, Nicholas M Thompson, Michael J Banissy, Joydeep Bhattachary. Right temporal alpha oscillations as a neural mechanism for inhibiting obvious associations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. vol 115. issue 52. 2019-03-22. PMID:30541890. across four experiments using different samples of participants, we provide evidence that right temporal alpha oscillations play a crucial role in inhibiting habitual thinking modes, thereby paving the way for accessing more remote ideas. 2019-03-22 2023-08-13 human
Roland H Grabner, Julia Krenn, Andreas Fink, Martin Arendasy, Mathias Benede. Effects of alpha and gamma transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) on verbal creativity and intelligence test performance. Neuropsychologia. vol 118. issue Pt A. 2019-02-07. PMID:29100950. these findings provide first tentative evidence that enhancing alpha oscillations through tacs may improve creative thinking not only in the figural but also in the verbal domain. 2019-02-07 2023-08-13 Not clear
Roland H Grabner, Julia Krenn, Andreas Fink, Martin Arendasy, Mathias Benede. Effects of alpha and gamma transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) on verbal creativity and intelligence test performance. Neuropsychologia. vol 118. issue Pt A. 2019-02-07. PMID:29100950. in sum, the present study further corroborates the causal link between alpha oscillations and creative thinking and suggests that tacs may be a promising tool to enhance cognitive processes. 2019-02-07 2023-08-13 Not clear
Christian Rominger, Ilona Papousek, Corinna M Perchtold, Bernhard Weber, Elisabeth M Weiss, Andreas Fin. The creative brain in the figural domain: Distinct patterns of EEG alpha power during idea generation and idea elaboration. Neuropsychologia. vol 118. issue Pt A. 2019-02-07. PMID:29452125. this study investigated eeg activity in the upper alpha band during the well-known picture completion task of the torrance test of creative thinking (ttct), a widely used creative ideation task in the figural domain. 2019-02-07 2023-08-13 human
Andreas Fink, Christian Rominger, Mathias Benedek, Corinna M Perchtold, Ilona Papousek, Elisabeth M Weiss, Anna Seidel, Daniel Memmer. EEG alpha activity during imagining creative moves in soccer decision-making situations. Neuropsychologia. vol 114. 2019-02-07. PMID:29702162. in investigating creative processes implicated in complex creative behavior involving more ecologically valid demands, this study showed that thinking creatively in soccer decision-making situations recruits specific brain networks supporting processes related to visuospatial attention and movement imagery, while the relative increase in alpha power in more creative conditions and in individuals with higher creative potential might reflect a pattern relevant across different creativity domains. 2019-02-07 2023-08-13 human
T D Dzhebrailova, I I Korobeinikova, E N Dudnik, N A Karatygi. Spatial Organization of Alpha Range Potentials on EEG and Logical Thinking Effectiveness. Bulletin of experimental biology and medicine. vol 159. issue 2. 2016-03-29. PMID:26095515. spatial organization of alpha range potentials on eeg and logical thinking effectiveness. 2016-03-29 2023-08-13 human
T D Dzhebrailova, I I Korobeinikova, E N Dudnik, N A Karatygi. Spatial Organization of Alpha Range Potentials on EEG and Logical Thinking Effectiveness. Bulletin of experimental biology and medicine. vol 159. issue 2. 2016-03-29. PMID:26095515. we studied spatial organization of eeg alpha range potentials in volunteers with different results of tasks requiring logical thinking. 2016-03-29 2023-08-13 human
Caroline Lustenberger, Michael R Boyle, A Alban Foulser, Juliann M Mellin, Flavio Fröhlic. Functional role of frontal alpha oscillations in creativity. Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior. vol 67. 2016-02-23. PMID:25913062. at the level of macroscopic cortical network dynamics, recent electroencephalography (eeg) data suggests that cortical oscillations in the alpha frequency band (8-12 hz) are correlated with creative thinking. 2016-02-23 2023-08-13 human
Ashiru Hamza Mohammad, Nabilla Al-Sadat, Loh Siew Yim, Karuthan Chinn. Reliability and validity of the Nigerian (Hausa) version of the Stroke Impact Scale (SIS) 3.0 index. BioMed research international. vol 2014. 2015-06-16. PMID:25276774. in reliability analyses, the cronbach's alpha values for the items in strength, hand function, mobility, adl/iadl, memory and thinking, communication, emotion, and social participation domains were 0.80, 0.92, 0.90, 0.78, 0.84, 0.89, 0.58, and 0.74, respectively. 2015-06-16 2023-08-13 Not clear
Christine L Lackner, William J Marshall, Diane L Santesso, Jane Dywan, Terrance Wade, Sidney J Segalowit. Adolescent anxiety and aggression can be differentially predicted by electrocortical phase reset variables. Brain and cognition. vol 89. 2015-05-11. PMID:24220095. a composite measure of anxiety levels was positively associated with alpha phase locking at sites over both hemispheres, consistent with changes in connectivity reported during anxious thinking in adults. 2015-05-11 2023-08-12 human
R Michael Bagby, Lindsay E Ayearst, Raluca A Morariu, Carolyn Watters, Graeme J Taylo. The internet administration version of the 20-item Toronto alexithymia scale. Psychological assessment. vol 26. issue 1. 2015-04-10. PMID:24015859. alpha coefficients and mean interitem correlations (mics) were adequate for the full-scale tas-20 internet and paper versions and the difficulty identifying feelings (dif) and difficulty describing feelings (ddf) factor scale test scores; in both formats, alpha and mics were poorer for externally oriented thinking (eot) factor test scores compared to scores for the dif and ddf. 2015-04-10 2023-08-12 human
Lawrence J Brow. Bion's discovery of alpha function: thinking under fire on the battlefield and in the consulting room. The International journal of psycho-analysis. vol 93. issue 5. 2013-04-15. PMID:23043400. bion's discovery of alpha function: thinking under fire on the battlefield and in the consulting room. 2013-04-15 2023-08-12 Not clear
Lawrence J Brow. Bion's discovery of alpha function: thinking under fire on the battlefield and in the consulting room. The International journal of psycho-analysis. vol 93. issue 5. 2013-04-15. PMID:23043400. in subsequent writings, bion explored the constituent factors of alpha function, including the container/contained relationship, the ps↔d balance, reverie, tolerated doubt and other factors which i have termed the 'constellation for thinking'. 2013-04-15 2023-08-12 Not clear
Wenya Nan, João Pedro Rodrigues, Jiali Ma, Xiaoting Qu, Feng Wan, Pui-In Mak, Peng Un Mak, Mang I Vai, Agostinho Ros. Individual alpha neurofeedback training effect on short term memory. International journal of psychophysiology : official journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology. vol 86. issue 1. 2013-03-22. PMID:22864258. in addition, effective strategies for individual alpha training varied among individuals and the most successful mental strategies were related to positive thinking. 2013-03-22 2023-08-12 human
A Glass, S R Butle. Alpha EEG asymmetry and speed of left hemisphere thinking. Neuroscience letters. vol 4. issue 3-4. 2012-10-02. PMID:19604950. alpha eeg asymmetry and speed of left hemisphere thinking. 2012-10-02 2023-08-12 human
Mathias Benedek, Sabine Bergner, Tanja Könen, Andreas Fink, Aljoscha C Neubaue. EEG alpha synchronization is related to top-down processing in convergent and divergent thinking. Neuropsychologia. vol 49. issue 12. 2012-02-14. PMID:21925520. synchronization of eeg alpha activity has been referred to as being indicative of cortical idling, but according to more recent evidence it has also been associated with active internal processing and creative thinking. 2012-02-14 2023-08-12 Not clear
Mathias Benedek, Sabine Bergner, Tanja Könen, Andreas Fink, Aljoscha C Neubaue. EEG alpha synchronization is related to top-down processing in convergent and divergent thinking. Neuropsychologia. vol 49. issue 12. 2012-02-14. PMID:21925520. the main objective of this study was to investigate to what extent eeg alpha synchronization is related to internal processing demands and to specific cognitive process involved in creative thinking. 2012-02-14 2023-08-12 Not clear
Mathias Benedek, Sabine Bergner, Tanja Könen, Andreas Fink, Aljoscha C Neubaue. EEG alpha synchronization is related to top-down processing in convergent and divergent thinking. Neuropsychologia. vol 49. issue 12. 2012-02-14. PMID:21925520. frontal alpha synchronization, which has been observed in a variety of different creativity tasks, thus may not reflect a brain state that is specific for creative cognition but can probably be attributed to high internal processing demands which are typically involved in creative thinking. 2012-02-14 2023-08-12 Not clear