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Improved neuroelectric recording and analysis tools are yielding increasingly specific information about the spatial and temporal features of neurocognitive processes. Such tools include recordings with up to 125 channels, digital signal processing techniques, and correlation of neuroelectric measures with anatomical information from magnetic resonance images. These tools, and their application to the study of cognitive functions, are presented in this paper.
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Acknowledgements: This work was supported by grants from The National Institute of Neurological Diseases, The National Institute of Mental Health, The Air Force Office of Scientific Research and The National Science Foundation. The author gratefully acknowledges the efforts of his scientific collaborators, Drs. S. Bressler, P. Brickett, B. Cutillo, R. Fowler-White, D. Greer, J. Illes, J. Le, N. Morgan and B. Reutter for their contributions to the original research presented here.
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Gevins, A. Dynamic functional topography of cognitive tasks. Brain Topogr 2, 37–56 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01128842
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