Abstract
The human brain, for all its complexity and power, is a physical and chemical system that performs its miracles in a physical and chemical world operating by the same dynamic laws. The entire profession of electroencephalography is based on the premise that observations and measurements of the electromagnetic fields of potential at the surface of the scalp and brain, when taken in close conjunction with measurements of behavior, will tell us something about how the brain works and in what ways it can malfunction in disordered states of behavior.
This work was supported by grant MH06686 from the National Institute of Mental Health. United States Public Health Service. The work with human subjects was done following the guidelines of the University of Würzburg.
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Freeman, W.J., Maurer, K. (1989). Advances in Brain Theory Give New Directions to the Use of the Technologies of Brain Mapping in Behavioral Studies. In: Maurer, K. (eds) Topographic Brain Mapping of EEG and Evoked Potentials. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-72658-3_7
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