Frequency analysis of the human electroencephalogram during the performance of a discrimination task

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dc.contributor.advisorSheer, Daniel E.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberSiegfried, John B.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberDownie, Edward B., III
dc.contributor.committeeMemberHazelwood, Robert L.
dc.creatorPeters, Jon F.
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-22T13:01:51Z
dc.date.available2022-06-22T13:01:51Z
dc.date.issued1970
dc.description.abstractThe EEG in five frequency bands was studied in the occipital and frontal areas of two subjects performing a behavioral task. Each trial of the task was divided into pre-stimulus, stimulus, and post-stimulus periods, with a duration of 10 seconds each. All trials demonstrating activity which was thought to be of muscular origin were discarded. The resulting data showed the following: (1) Activity at 20 Hz was consistently lower during the stimulus period in the occipital electrodes. (2) Activity at 40 and 50 Hz increased in the occipital derivation during the stimulus period in both cases. (3) None of the comparisons showed any significant changes in the F3-Fz derivations. Tentative hypotheses were advanced relating the decrease in 20 Hz to behavioral "inhibition" and the increase in 40 and 50 Hz to "facilitation" or possibly "orientation". It was suggested that these data might also be interpreted as electrical corollaries of short term memory processes.
dc.description.departmentPsychology, Department of
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dc.identifier.other12325144
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10657/9673
dc.language.isoen
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dc.subjectElectroencephalography
dc.titleFrequency analysis of the human electroencephalogram during the performance of a discrimination task
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dc.type.genreThesis
thesis.degree.collegeCollege of Arts and Sciences
thesis.degree.departmentPsychology, Department of
thesis.degree.disciplinePsychology
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Houston
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts

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