Peak individual alpha frequency qualifies as a stable neurophysiological trait marker in healthy younger and older adults.

By Thomas H. Grandy, M. Werkle-Bergner, C. Chicherio, Florian Schmiedek, Martin Lövdén, Ulman E. R. Lindenberger. 2013

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Human alpha frequency and expression across the lifespan: a 2,172-participant electrophysiology-MRI atlas (2026, unknown): “Under similar recording conditions it is reasonably stable within a person [8,9,54].”
A human electrophysiological signature of Fragile X pathophysiology is shared in V1 of Fmr1-/y mice (2026, unknown): “Given the short length of EEG recording, 39 of the 128 channels were selected for ICA/ MARA (Standard 10-20 electrodes:22, 9, 33, 24, 11, 124,122, 45,36, 104, 108, 58, 52, 62, 92, 96, 70, 83; additionalelectrodes: 23, 28, 19, 4, 3, 117, 13, 112, 37, 55, 87, 41, 47, 46, 103, 98, 102, 75, 67, 77, 72,…”
Resting-state EEG correlates of sustained attention in healthy ageing: Cross-sectional findings from the LEISURE study. (2024, methodology): “We utilised eyes-closed resting-state EEG data, given its proven test-retest reliability and known correlations with cognitive performance (Grandy et al., 2013b).”
Day‐to‐day individual alpha frequency variability measured by a mobile EEG device relates to anxiety (2023, background): “Over the time scale of years, the IAF in adults exhibits a gradual and steady decline in frequency with age (Grandy et al., 2013).”
Parietal Alpha Oscillatory Peak Frequency Mediates the Effect of Practice on Visuospatial Working Memory Performance (2022, background): “This piece of evidence is consistent with literature that likens frequency peaks to an individual trait with a high degree of stability [63,64].”