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Group 1 (N = 30) and Group 2 (N = 22) of healthy volunteers participated in the experiment. In both groups, the EEG was recorded in the state of rest with the eyes closed (REC); at rest with eyes open (REO); and during passively watching TV channel noises (white noise). EEG was also recorded in the state of forced visual attention: when counting colored symbols appearing on the screen (group 1) and when searching for an image of a real object in the noise (group 2). The averaged values of EEG power in each derivation were calculated for every subject and for each state in the Δ, θ, α1, α2, β1, β2, and γ frequency bands. The results demonstrate that the exposure to unstructured noninformative video noise may lead to significant changes in the EEG power in various frequency bands, with the most prominent changes taking place in the α2 band. These changes are topically wide, reflecting systemic changes in the corresponding brain mechanisms, but are much less intense compared to the difference between the states of rest with the eyes open and closed.
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Original Russian Text © S.G. Danko, J.A. Boytsova, L.M. Kachalova, 2011, published in Fiziologiya Cheloveka, 2011, Vol. 37, No. 1, pp. 136–139.
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Danko, S.G., Boytsova, J.A. & Kachalova, L.M. Effects of unstructured video exposure on EEG power in situations of forced attention and rest. Hum Physiol 37, 121–123 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0362119711010038
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