Erp

[Ollie123]

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Anyone here done any ERP/EEG work, and if so, what on?

More importantly, any recommendations on books/papers to help get familiarized with it in terms of what the methodological process is, what kind of data you get, etc?

This is new territory for me, but something I need to become knowledgeable about very quickly since my new lab does lots of work with this and just in reading some of the study protocols I'm already lost!

 

[paramour]

Just about all of the work I've done has been sleep-related, followed by some time with biofeedback.

Your set-up and everything varies by what you are looking at and the equipment montage. If you work in a sleep lab, there is going to be variation between the signals monitored compared to those monitored in a seizure lab. So, although you may be able to learn more about EEG/ERP in general before you start, you may need to get a bit more detailed with what area(s) you are interested in and even what set-up your lab prefers that you use. You don't want to learn a 20-something electrode hook-up if your lab uses more/less. And this can even vary by researchers in the same field of study.

It might be useful to locate some general EEG material, i.e., signals, patterns, voltage, etc., and get comfortable with that first.

I would attempt to actually be useful in my response with recommendations of specific books, papers, etc. But, unfortunately, all my reference materials are already packed away for my move in a few days.

G'luck!

 

[Ollie123]

Thanks Paramour and sorry for not being more specific!

Nothing sleep or seizure related. We're looking at response to visual stimuli and attention tasks (P300 for one) - specifically addiction and emotion related. I don't actually know what setup the lab uses - I'm not that far yet🙂 Was mostly just looking for REALLY general information like what the output looks like, how it works, things like that. If you remember this thread in a couple weeks when you're done moving and don't mind throwing out some suggestions, I'd appreciate it🙂

 

[paramour]

No problem--I was just throwing sleep & seizures out as those were the first two that popped into my head. I could have gone into the attention schtuff we started working on this past year but the principal investigator is semi-paranoid that someone will walk off with his work before he finishes it, particularly since there had been some talk of potential military interest/grants, so I tend not to even talk about it.

Sounds like you may just want to find a really general/basic EEG book and start with that to familiarize yourself with the basic patterns. They sound simple enough, right up until you're required to actually identify them. 🙄 There are even flash cards available if you're interested.

Anyway, I will try to remember to check back in once I get around to unpacking things & finally settled.

 

[thewesternsky]

I was talking with a researcher at a conference a couple months ago and asked this exact question, and she HIGHLY recommended the following book:

Luck, S. J. (2005). An introduction to the event-related potential technique. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

I haven't actually read it myself yet (got caught up in other research projects a little), but if it's accessible to you it might be a good place to start. 🙂

 

[socialcog]

I was talking with a researcher at a conference a couple months ago and asked this exact question, and she HIGHLY recommended the following book:

Luck, S. J. (2005). An introduction to the event-related potential technique. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

I haven't actually read it myself yet (got caught up in other research projects a little), but if it's accessible to you it might be a good place to start. 🙂

Steven Luck does a "ERP bootcamp" yearly at UC Davis at the Center of Mind and Brain. Many neuroscientists from other Universities attend to either learn or to share their past designs and methods. I believe Bob Knight from UC Berkeley is attending this year. It's highly regarded and happening as we speak (I think).