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MEG-EEG Primer presents the basic A-to-Z of two non-invasive human
electrophysiological methods, magnetoencephalography (MEG) and
electroencephalography (EEG). These methods are used to study human
brain dynamics, tracking the brain's responses to sensory,
cognitive, and social stimuli. This book, now in its second
edition, remains the only volume of its kind that discusses both
MEG and EEG side-by-side, for an integrated understanding of brain
function. In 22 chapters with almost two hundred color figures, the
book covers the basic physical and physiological foundations of
these two methods, the historical background and development of
their implementation, instrumentation, recording techniques, data
analysis, and interpretation. The new edition includes expanded
text on MEG and EEG sensor types and amplifiers, artifacts, new
analysis tools, open data repositories, and novel instrumentation.
Due to new concerns from the COVID-19 pandemic, general infection
control in MEG/EEG laboratories is also discussed. Interoception is
introduced as an interesting emerging research field. Moreover,
future developments in MEG and EEG are examined with respect to new
and evolving technologies, and new applications for their use.
Overall, MEG-EEG Primer puts into perspective the role of MEG and
EEG in neuroscience research at large, and the future of our
understanding of the dynamics of human brain function.
social neuroscience, social psychology, developmental, psychology,
social cognition, vision research and clinical psychology. social
neuroscience, social psychology, developmental, psychology, sThis
comprehensive volume reviews current developments in our evolving
knowledge of social attention and its processes. In doing so, it
examines the brain-behavioral bases of social attention from
diverse complementary fields, including disordered and healthy
adult findings, infant and developmental studies and social
neuroscience. The studies explored in this volume reflect the
ongoing shift toward naturalistic, context-based experiments and
integrative scientific approaches, and away from relying solely on
standardized tasks in laboratory settings. In keeping with this
proactive perspective, the authors pose critical questions
throughout the book to point readers toward the potential next wave
of research developments and interventions.Included in the
coverage: The development of social attention in human infants.
Neural bases for social attention in healthy humans. Social
attention, social presence, and the dual function of gaze. Early
departures from normative processes of social engagement in infants
with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Aberrant social attention and its
underlying neural correlates in adults with ASD. The future of
social attention research. The Many Faces of Social Attention will
interest researchers in social neuroscience, social psychology,
developmental psychology, social cognition, visual attention and
cognition, and clinical psychology, and inspire new advances in
this increasingly important area of study. ocial cognition, vision
research and clinical psychology.
social neuroscience, social psychology, developmental, psychology,
social cognition, vision research and clinical psychology. social
neuroscience, social psychology, developmental, psychology, sThis
comprehensive volume reviews current developments in our evolving
knowledge of social attention and its processes. In doing so, it
examines the brain-behavioral bases of social attention from
diverse complementary fields, including disordered and healthy
adult findings, infant and developmental studies and social
neuroscience. The studies explored in this volume reflect the
ongoing shift toward naturalistic, context-based experiments and
integrative scientific approaches, and away from relying solely on
standardized tasks in laboratory settings. In keeping with this
proactive perspective, the authors pose critical questions
throughout the book to point readers toward the potential next wave
of research developments and interventions.Included in the
coverage: The development of social attention in human infants.
Neural bases for social attention in healthy humans. Social
attention, social presence, and the dual function of gaze. Early
departures from normative processes of social engagement in infants
with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Aberrant social attention and its
underlying neural correlates in adults with ASD. The future of
social attention research. The Many Faces of Social Attention will
interest researchers in social neuroscience, social psychology,
developmental psychology, social cognition, visual attention and
cognition, and clinical psychology, and inspire new advances in
this increasingly important area of study. ocial cognition, vision
research and clinical psychology.
Magnetoencephalography (MEG) and electroencephalography (EEG)
provide complementary views to the neurodynamics of healthy and
diseased human brains. Both methods are totally noninvasive and can
track with millisecond temporal resolution spontaneous brain
activity, evoked responses to various sensory stimuli, as well as
signals associated with the performance of motor, cognitive and
affective tasks. MEG records the magnetic fields, and EEG the
potentials associated with the same neuronal currents, which
however are differentially weighted due to the physical and
physiological differences between the methods. MEG is rather
selective to activity in the walls of cortical folds, whereas EEG
senses currents from the cortex (and brain) more widely, making it
harder to pinpoint the locations of the source currents in the
brain. Another important difference between the methods is that
skull and scalp dampen and smear EEG signals, but do not affect
MEG. Hence, to fully understand brain function, information from
MEG and EEG should be combined. Additionally, the excellent
neurodynamical information these two methods provide can be merged
with data from other brain-imaging methods, especially functional
magnetic resonance imaging where spatial resolution is a major
strength. MEG-EEG Primer is the first-ever volume to introduce and
discuss MEG and EEG in a balanced manner side-by-side, starting
from their physical and physiological bases and then advancing to
methods of data acquisition, analysis, visualization, and
interpretation. The authors pay special attention to careful
experimentation, guiding readers to differentiate brain signals
from various artifacts and to assure that the collected data are
reliable. The book weighs the strengths and weaknesses of MEG and
EEG relative to one another and to other methods used in systems,
cognitive, and social neuroscience. The authors also discuss the
role of MEG and EEG in the assessment of brain function in various
clinical disorders. The book aims to bring members of
multidisciplinary research teams onto equal footing so that they
can contribute to different aspects of MEG and EEG research and to
be able to participate in future developments in the field.
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