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Distributed Source Modeling in the Analysis of Movement-Related Activity

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The Bereitschaftspotential

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This chapter deals with the generators of movement-related activity in the Bereitschaftspotential paradigm as revealed by distributed source modeling. The chapter starts with a short overview of the developments in recording and analysis techniques in the study of the Bereitschaftspotential. This is followed by a short tutorial on source reconstruction considering individual brain anatomy from MRI and particularly distributed source modeling. After that, the studies using this modeling in time and frequency domain are presented. I conclude with some critical comments and suggestions for future research.

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    Marjan Jahanshahi

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Kristeva-Feige, R. (2003). Distributed Source Modeling in the Analysis of Movement-Related Activity. In: Jahanshahi, M., Hallett, M. (eds) The Bereitschaftspotential. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0189-3_6

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