An essential guide to designing, conducting, and analyzing
event-related potential (ERP) experiments, completely updated for this
edition.
The event-related potential (ERP) technique, in which neural responses
to specific events are extracted from the EEG, provides a powerful
noninvasive tool for exploring the human brain. This volume describes
practical methods for ERP research along with the underlying theoretical
rationale. It offers researchers and students an essential guide to
designing, conducting, and analyzing ERP experiments. This second
edition has been completely updated, with additional material, new
chapters, and more accessible explanations. Freely available
supplementary material, including several online-only chapters, offer
expanded or advanced treatment of selected topics.
The first half of the book presents essential background information,
describing the origins of ERPs, the nature of ERP components, and the
design of ERP experiments. The second half of the book offers a detailed
treatment of the main steps involved in conducting ERP experiments,
covering such topics as recording the EEG, filtering the EEG and ERP
waveforms, and quantifying amplitudes and latencies. Throughout, the
emphasis is on rigorous experimental design and relatively simple
analyses. New material in the second edition includes entire chapters
devoted to components, artifacts, measuring amplitudes and latencies,
and statistical analysis; updated coverage of recording technologies;
concrete examples of experimental design; and many more figures. Online
chapters cover such topics as overlap, localization, writing and
reviewing ERP papers, and setting up and running an ERP lab.
