Research Article

Cognitive-Neural Effects of Brush Writing of Chinese Characters: Cortical Excitation of Theta Rhythm

Table 2

Mean theta/alpha wave during writing the four pairs of characters.

ā€‰Mean theta (SD)Mean alpha (SD)ā€‰Mean theta (SD)Mean alpha (SD)

Nonlinear detailed 9.61 (2.73)6.79 (2.50)Linear detailed9.99 (3.52)6.9 (3.12)
Nonlinear global10.58 (3.17)7.61 (2.86)Linear global11.03 (4.35)7.72 (3.39)

Linear global10.64 (3.55)6.78 (2.78)Linear global11.02 (4.41)7.37 (3.37)
Nonlinear global 10.48 (3.28)7.29 (2.76)Nonlinear global 10.6 (2.89)7.01 (2.99)

(SD: standard deviation).