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Local response of the human electroencephalogram to light

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A study was made of the local specific response to light in the human EEG, registered by bipolar recording with a sagittal occipital electrode. It was found that background illumination combined with additional sound or proprioceptive stimulation caused the amplitude of the response to increase, to become more regular, and to spread to adjacent areas.

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  1. Laboratory of Electrophysiology, N. N. Burdenko Institute of Neurosurgery AMN SSSR, Moscow

    L. M. Puchinskaya

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Puchinskaya, L.M. Local response of the human electroencephalogram to light. Bull Exp Biol Med 50, 1097–1101 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00788821

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