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The Relationship Between Prestimulus Alpha Amplitude and Visual Evoked Potential Amplitude

Michael E. Brandt Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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Ben H. Jansen Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
Pages 261-268 | Received 20 Jan 1991, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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