An Introduction to the Event-Related Potential Technique .

Steven J. Luck .

ISBN 10: 0262621967 / ISBN 13: 9780262621960

Published by M.I.T. Press, Cambridge, MA, 2005

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Fine in Wraps: binding square and secure; text clean. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. Somewhat Squarish 8vo. 374 pages.Cognitive Neuroscience Series. First Edition Thus [2005]; First Printing indicated. University Press Paperback. The event-related potential (ERP) technique in cognitive neuroscience allows scientists to observe human brain activity that reflects specific cognitive processes. In An Introduction to the Event-Related Potential Technique, Steve Luck offers the first comprehensive guide to the practicalities of conducting ERP experiments in cognitive neuroscience and related fields, including affective neuroscience and experimental psychopathology. The book can serve as a guide for the classroom or the laboratory and as a reference for researchers who do not conduct ERP studies themselves but need to understand and evaluate ERP experiments in the literature. It summarizes the accumulated body of ERP theory and practice, providing detailed, practical advice about how to design, conduct, and interpret ERP experiments, and presents the theoretical background needed to understand why an experiment is carried out in a particular way. Luck focuses on the most fundamental techniques, describing them as they are used in many of the world's leading ERP laboratories. These techniques reflect a long history of electrophysiological recordings and provide an excellent foundation for more advanced approaches. This type of entry-level, comprehensive book about ERP technique has been badly needed by the field and Dr. Luck has written a book that is not only a very informative reference but incredibly readable. I will be giving it to every new trainee who comes into the lab. I've been working with ERP's for nearly 6 years now, and as I become a more independent scientist, I've started to realize that I do not have a very integrated knowledge of the specifics underlying ERP's. This book has been a god-send! It's an easy read - seemingly quite suited for undergraduates even, and describes the basic nuts and bolts for any ERP lab. There is a larger focus on later components, as this seems to be the primary focus of the author's reasearch, with some popular midlatency components getting glossed over, but this in no way diminishes the relevance for any person interested in understanding and performing ERP research. First Edition Thus [2005]; First Printing indicated.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: An Introduction to the Event-Related Potential Technique .
• Publisher: M.I.T. Press, Cambridge, MA
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262621967
• ISBN 13: 9780262621960
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • Psychology

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Synopsis

The event-related potential (ERP) technique in cognitive neuroscience allowsscientists to observe human brain activity that reflects specific cognitive processes. In An Introduction to the Event-Related Potential Technique, Steve Luck offers the firstcomprehensive guide to the practicalities of conducting ERP experiments in cognitive neuroscienceand related fields, including affective neuroscience and experimental psychopathology. The book canserve as a guide for the classroom or the laboratory and as a reference for researchers who do notconduct ERP studies themselves but need to understand and evaluate ERP experiments in theliterature. It summarizes the accumulated body of ERP theory and practice, providing detailed,practical advice about how to design, conduct, and interpret ERP experiments, and presents thetheoretical background needed to understand why an experiment is carried out in a particular way.Luck focuses on the most fundamental techniques, describing them as they are used in many of theworld's leading ERP laboratories. These techniques reflect a long history of electrophysiologicalrecordings and provide an excellent foundation for more advanced approaches.

Thebook also provides advice on the key topic of how to design ERP experiments so that they will beuseful in answering questions of broad scientific interest. This reflects the increasing proportionof ERP research that focuses on these broader questions rather than the "ERPology" of early studies,which concentrated primarily on ERP components and methods. Topics covered include the neuralorigins of ERPs, signal averaging, artifact rejection and correction, filtering, measurement andanalysis, localization, and the practicalities of setting up the lab.

About the Author

Steven J. Luck is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Center for Mind and Brain at the University of California, Davis. A leading authority on ERP research, he leads ERP Boot Camps that provide ERP training to researchers from around the world.