The Event Related Brain Potential as an Index of Information Processing, Cognitive Activity, and Skill Acquisition: A Program of Basic Research.

Abstract

We review a program of research designed to understand the event-related brain potential (ERP) so that it can be used as a tool in the study of cognitive function and in the assessment of man-machine systems. We have conducted a series of studies on the functional significance of ERPs and have demonstrated that the P300 component is related to memory processes. We have used measures of the same component to evaluate workload, to time mental processes, to study the reciprocity of processing resources, and to extend theories of human information processing. We have also made technical advances in the analysis of the distribution of electrical potentials across the scalp. Keywords: Event-related brain potential (ERP); P300; Memory; Mental chronometry; Information processing; Workload; Automatic versus controlled processing; Resource reciprocity; Dual tasks vector filters.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 28, 1985
Accession Number
ADA159118

Entities

People

  • C. Wickens
  • E. Donchin
  • M. G. H. Coles

Organizations

  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cognition
  • Cognitive Workload
  • Computational Science
  • Data Mining
  • Data Science
  • Databases
  • Health Services
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Knowledge Management
  • Mathematical Filters
  • Medical Personnel
  • Psychology
  • Psychophysiology
  • Statistical Algorithms
  • Surveys

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.