Electrophysiology of Cognition

Abstract

The sections in this article are:

• 1
  Event-Related Potentials

  • 1.1
    Classification
  • 1.2
    Nomenclature
  • 1.3
    Recording Techniques
  • 1.4
    Measurement
• 2
  Neural Bases of Event-Related Potentials

  • 2.1
    Field Potentials in the Nervous System
  • 2.2
    Scalp Distribution
  • 2.3
    Depth Recordings
  • 2.4
    Event-Related Magnetic Fields
  • 2.5
    Blood Flow and Metabolism
• 3
  Clinical Applications of Event-Related Potentials

  • 3.1
    Evaluation of Sensory Function
  • 3.2
    Applications to Neurology
  • 3.3
    Disorders of Higher Nervous Functions
• 4
  Preparation and Anticipation

  • 4.1
    Movement-Related Potentials
  • 4.2
    Contingent Negative Variation
  • 4.3
    Clinical Studies
• 5
  Selective Attention

  • 5.1
    Early ERP Experiments
  • 5.2
    Auditory Attention
  • 5.3
    Interpretation of Auditory Negative-Difference Wave
  • 5.4
    Visual Attention
  • 5.5
    Somatosensory Attention
  • 5.6
    Question of Peripheral Sensory Gating
  • 5.7
    Attentional Channels
  • 5.8
    Multidimensional Stimulus Selection
  • 5.9
    Disorders of Attention
  • 5.10
    Overview: ERPs and Selective Attention
• 6
  Cognitive Processing

  • 6.1
    Stimulus Probability and Expectancy
  • 6.2
    Signal Detection and Decision Confidence
  • 6.3
    Stimulus Relevance
  • 6.4
    Stimulus-Evaluation Processes
  • 6.5
    Mental Chronometry
  • 6.6
    Stimulus Meaning
  • 6.7
    Cognitive ERPs in Children
  • 6.8
    Aging and Dementia
  • 6.9
    Psychiatric Conditions
  • 6.10
    Animal Models of ERPs
  • 6.11
    Overview: ERPs and Cognitive Processing
• 7
  Language and Hemispheric Specialization

  • 7.1
    ERPs Preceding Speech
  • 7.2
    Auditory ERPs to Speech Sounds
  • 7.3
    Phonetic Processing
  • 7.4
    Visual ERPs to Words
  • 7.5
    Probe-Stimulus Technique
  • 7.6
    Linguistic Decision Making
  • 7.7
    Stimulus Meaning
  • 7.8
    Contextual Effects in Language
  • 7.9
    Semantic Mismatch and Semantic Priming
  • 7.10
    Language Disorders
  • 7.11
    Overview: ERPs and Language
• 8
  Concluding Observations