Working-memory evaluation based on EEG signals during n-back tasks.

Working memory is the cognitive process of receiving, processing, and communicating information. Early evaluation and training may help to prevent a marked decline in working-memory ability. The aim of this study was to establish an n-back task system for objectively evaluating the working-memory ability based on the θ power, the γ power, and the degree of θ-γ synchronization.

Dynamics of the reactions of O(1D) with CD3OH and CH3OD studied with time-resolved Fourier-transform IR spectroscopy.

We investigated the reactivity of O((1)D) towards two types of hydrogen atoms in CH(3)OH. The reaction was initiated on irradiation of a flowing mixture of O(3) and CD(3)OH or CH(3)OD at 248 nm. Relative vibration-rotational populations of OH and OD (1 ≤ v ≤ 4) states were determined from their infrared emission recorded with a step-scan time-resolved Fourier-transform spectrometer.