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Individual differences in the reading and processing of EEG waveforms were examined. Neurologists were asked to read an EEG printout while a video camera recorded their activity in processing the printout. Two strategies were evident in reading the printouts. For those who used a detail strategy, reading of printouts was slow and often relied on many referrals back to previously examined patterns. Those who used a holistic strategy read printouts quickly and did not exhibit the back-and-forth referral activity of the previous group. The implications of these individual differences for future applications in the processing of EEGs are discussed.
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Wallace, B., Collura, T.F. Imaging ability and visual processing of EEG waveforms. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 31, 4–6 (1993). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03334123
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03334123