Event-related cortical desynchronization detected by power measurements of scalp EEG

Electroencephalography and Clinical NeurophysiologyPublished 1 June 1977

G. Pfurtscheller, A. Aranibar

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Abstract

Changes in the background EEG activity occurring at the same time as visual and auditory evoked potentials, as well as during the interstimulus interval in a CNV paradigm were analysed in human subjects, using serial power measurements of overlapping EEG segments. The analysis was focused on the power of the rhythmic activity within the alpha band (RAAB power). A decrease in RAAB power occurring during these event-related phenomena was indicative of desynchronization. Phasic, i.e. short lasting, localised desynchronization was present during sensory stimulation, and also preceding the imperative signal and motor response (motor preactivation) in the CNV paradigm.

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