Imaging Brain Function With EEG: Advanced Temporal and Spatial Analysis of Electroencephalographic Signals

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Springer Science & Business Media, Oct 28, 2012 - Medical - 250 pages

The scalp and cortex lie like pages of an open book on which the cortex enciphers vast quantities of information and knowledge. They are recorded and analyzed as temporal and spatial patterns in the electroencephalogram and electrocorticogram. This book describes basic tools and concepts needed to measure and decipher the patterns extracted from the EEG and ECoG.

This book emphasizes the need for single trial analysis using new methods and paradigms, as well as large, high-density spatial arrays of electrodes for pattern sampling. The deciphered patterns reveal neural mechanisms by which brains process sensory information into precepts and concepts. It describes the brain as a thermodynamic system that uses chemical energy to construct knowledge.

The results are intended for use in the search for the neural correlates of intention, attention, perception and learning; in the design of human brain-computer interfaces enabling mental control of machines; and in exploring and explaining the physicochemical foundation of biological intelligence.

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Contents

Chapter 1 Electroencephalography
1
Chapter 2 Frequency Analysis
21
Chapter 3 TimeFrequency Analysis
37
Chapter 4 Wavelets
49
Chapter 5 SingleTrial Evoked Potentials Wavelet Denoising
65
Chapter 6 Basic Concepts for Spatial Analysis
87
Chapter 7 Image Sampling Based on Spectral Analysis
124
Chapter 8 Allocortical ECoG Images Formed by Learning
147
Chapter 9 Neocortical ECoG Images Formed by Learning
173
Chapter 10 ECoG and EEG Images in Higher Cognition
202
Chapter 11 Synthesis
223
Index
245
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