The Event Related Brain Potential as an Index of Information Processing and Cognitive Activity. A Program of Basic Research.
Abstract
We review a program of research designed to understand the event related potential (ERP) so that is can be used as a tool in the study of human information processing and in the assessment of man machine systems. During the present contract year, we have focussed on (a) the use of measures of the P300 and motor potentials in the chronometric analysis of human information processing, (b) the use of P300 in the study of memory, (c) the use of various ERP components in the study of the structure of human cognitive resources as a function of task difficulty, priority, and automaticity, and (d) the use of ERP components in lie detection and mental prosthesis. Keywords: Event-related brain potential (ERP), P300, Motor potentials, Mental chronometry, Information processing, Memory, Resource theory, Workload, Automaticity, Lie detection, Mental prosthesis.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 23, 1987
- Accession Number
- ADA179310
Entities
People
- Arthur Kramer
- Emanuel Donchin
- Michael Coles
Organizations
- University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign