Neurophysiological Bases of Event-Related Potentials.

Abstract

In order to more fully understand the physiological and psychological significance of event-related potentials, cortical and subcortical recordings are being obtained from monkeys performing in operant-conditioning tasks. Six animals were trained on the cued reaction-time task at SRI International and were subsequently implanted with electrodes capable of recording transient and sustained evoked potentials and massed--unit activity. Two monkeys were trained on an odd-ball task at Stanford University, and electrodes were implanted so that the subcortical generators of the P300 wave could be assessed. At SRI slow potential changes were observed in a variety of cortical and subcortical regions and were observed to change as a function of discrimination, proportionality of stimuli, the interstimulus interval, and dose of an anticholinergic drug.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA148482

Entities

People

  • C. S. Rebert
  • K. H. Pribram
  • M. B. Hennessy
  • M. M. Prim

Organizations

  • SRI International

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  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biological Sciences
  • Blood-Brain Barrier
  • Brain
  • Cognition
  • Control Systems
  • Data Analysis
  • Detectors
  • Electrophysiological Phenomena
  • Generators
  • Information Processing
  • Neurosciences
  • Psychology
  • Reaction Time
  • Social Sciences
  • Surgery
  • Training
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  • Biology
  • Psychology

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  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Neuroscience