Topography of the EEG: survey and prospects

In the first part of the paper the purpose and aims of topographical approach to the understanding of the EEG are set out. Since the EEG is not identical with the electrical activity recorded directly from its generator layer, the neocortex, topographic methods applied to the human EEG recorded from the scalp are somewhat less informative than in experimental work on the exposed brain. The paper gives a brief historical survey of the most essential attempts in this field throughout the history of electroencephalography. After this, a few promising methods now in use, and their possible fields of application, are demonstrated. The paper ends with a view of the future.

EGG analysis: a history and a prospectus

Progress in EGGy has been largely limited to those clinical situations in which there are pragmatic associations between observed electrical activity and disease processes. Lack of understanding of the functional significances of EEG patterns continues to present the major challenge to those who would use computational methods to increase our understanding of mental processes.

A memorable decade in the history of neurology 1874-84--II

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A memorable decade in the history of neurology 1874-84. I

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