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The EEG as a Measure of Cerebral Functional Organization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

J. C. Shaw ,
K. P. O'Connor  and
C. Ongley
J. C. Shaw
Affiliation:
Medical Research Council Clinical Psychiatry Unit, Graylingwell Hospital, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 4PQ
K. P. O'Connor
Affiliation:
Medical Research Council Clinical Psychiatry Unit, Graylingwell Hospital, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 4PQ
C. Ongley
Affiliation:
Medical Research Council Clinical Psychiatry Unit, Graylingwell Hospital, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 4PQ
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Summary

Evidence suggests that anomalies of functional organization in the brain may be present in some psychiatric disorders and that EEG differences between psychiatric patients and appropriate control groups may depend on them. It is therefore of practical importance to develop further ways of examining the association between the EEG and such organization. The change in inter-hemisphere coherence (a measure of EEG synchronicity) in the alpha frequency band when carrying out a task is shown to discriminate a group of 11 right from 11 left preferent normal individuals. Since right and left preference is associated with differences in cerebral functional organization, the coherence measure may be a useful way of studying this feature of psychiatric illness.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 130 , Issue 3 , March 1977 , pp. 260 - 264
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1977 

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