title: [The effect of pre-test verbal instruction on spatial organization of cortical electrical activity].
abstract: Analysis of coherence of cortical electric activity performed in 30 healthy subjects revealed changes in the spatial organization of cortical electric activity after listening the instruction, i.e., loading the explicit working memory with a sequence of operations of the cognitive task to be solved in the course of the experiment. Comparison of instructions presenting several cognitive tasks showed that greater load of the working memory is associated with higher coherence of cortical activity, especially, in the parietotemporal and occipital areas.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Cheremushkin
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Kurova
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Kheĭfets
mesh_terms: D001931:Brain Mapping / Q000379:methods*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D002648:Child; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology; D013067:Speech Perception