Author: Cheryl L Dickter Publisher: SAGE ISBN: 1446296741 Category : Psychology Languages : en Pages : 177
Book Description
A unique and important resource, full of critical practical knowledge and technical details made readily accessible. - Tiffany Ito, University of Colorado at Boulder "A comprehensive and engaging guide to EEG methods in social neuroscience; Dickter and Kiefabber offer practical details for conducting EEG research in a social/personality lab, with a broad perspective on how neuroscience can inform psychology. This is a unique and invaluable resource - a must-have for scientists interested in the social brain." - David M. Amodio, New York University Electroencephalography (EEG) has seen a dramatic increase in application as a research tool in the psychological sciences in recent years. This book provides an introduction to the technology and techniques of EEG in the context of social and cognitive neuroscience research that will appeal to investigators (students or researchers) wishing to broaden their research aims to include EEG, and to those already using EEG but wishing to expand their analytic repertoire. It can also serve as a textbook for a postgraduate course or upper-level undergraduate course in any area of behavioural neuroscience. The book provides an introduction to the theory, technology, and techniques of EEG data analysis along with the practical skills required to engage this popular technology. Beginning with a background in the neural origins and physical principles involved in recording EEG, readers will also find discussions of practical considerations regarding the recording of EEG in humans as well as tips for the configuration of an EEG laboratory. The analytic methods covered include event-related brain potentials (ERPs), spectral asymmetry, and time-frequency analyses. A conceptual background and review of domain-specific applications of the method is provided for each type of analysis. Thereā²s also comprehensive guided analysis for each analytic method that includes tutorial-style instruction and sample datasets. This book is perfect for advanced students and researchers in the psychological sciences and related disciplines who are using EEG in their research.
Author: John R. Hughes Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann ISBN: 1483164500 Category : Health & Fitness Languages : en Pages : 424
Book Description
EEG and Evoked Potentials in Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurology discusses the two techniques of examining brain function: electroencephalography (EEG) and evoked potentials. The book also addresses conditions that fall under the umbrella term ""behavioral sciences"" and are associated with psychiatry and neurology. The book begins by discussing current definitions of organic brain syndrome in order to delineate more clearly the processes whose EEG correlates are to be described. It then outlines the various EEG correlates of impaired central nervous system (CNS) dysfunction for a variety of specific organic etiologies. Separate chapters cover EEG studies of schizophrenia, affective disorders, alcoholism, mental retardation, childhood psychiatric disorders, and changes in CNS function caused by psychtropic drugs. The various aspects of EEG pertinent to electroconvulsive therapy are also discussed, including the role of a baseline EEG, beneficial and adverse changes, neurophysiologic mechanisms, and the nature of the seizures themselves. This book is intended for the neurologist dealing actively with psychiatric or mental disorders; the electroencephalographer who is generally concerned with behavioral neurology or especially interested in various controversial EEG patterns; and the psychiatrist interested in organicity in general or EEG in particular.
Author: James R. Evans Publisher: Elsevier ISBN: 0080509118 Category : Psychology Languages : en Pages : 406
Book Description
Neurofeedback techniques are used as treatment for a variety of psychological disorders including attention deficit disorder, dissociative identity disorder, depression, drug and alcohol abuse, and brain injury. Resources for understanding what the technique is, how it is used, and to what disorders and patients it can be applied are scarce. An ideal tool for practicing clinicians and clinical psychologists in independent practice and hospital settings, this book provides an introduction to neurofeedback/neurotherapy techniques. Details advantages of quantitative EEG over other systems like PET and SPECT Gives details of QEEG procedures and typical measures Describes QEEG databases available for reference Recommends protocols for specific disorders/patient populations
Author: Charles Shagass Publisher: Elsevier Publishing Company ISBN: Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 424
Book Description
The papers presented in this volume provide the latest information on advances in clinical neurophysiology and their applications for better diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders. This work contains two tutorial chapters on two methodological areas that have become pivotal for electrophysiological investigations of psychopathology. The first tutorial chapter deals with the strategic principles underlying behavioural paradigms within which event related potentials (ERPs) are recorded in psychiatric research. The second tutorial chapter discusses the principles for spatial analysis of EEG and evoked potential (EP) data. Additional topics addressed include the study of schizophrenia and other major depressive disorders, brain mapping, pharmacological effects on the EEG, long term effects of the administration of beta blockers, and an overview of fifty years of EEG research. This comprehensive compilation is derived from the scientific presentations of the VII International Symposium on Clinical Neurophysiological Aspects of Psychiatric Conditions.
Author: Mitchell L. Kietzman Publisher: ISBN: Category : Psychology Languages : en Pages : 520
Book Description
Human experimental psychopathology, the scientific investigation of abnormal behavior by established laboratory and experimental techniques and procedures, is a new field whose contributors are mainly scattered throughout other areas of specialization, such as psychiatry, biometrics, neurophysiology, and psychology. This volume contains empirical and theoretical chapters both by active researchers in experimental psychopathology and by researchers in other fields relevant to experimental psychopathology. It is a significant step on the long and difficult road toward establishing an experimentally based psychopathology which will eventually provide (as physiology has done for much of medicine, and physics for much of engineering) a genuinely scientific basis for clinical practice. -- Book jacket.