- Preface
- About the Authors
- Preamble
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Insights into the Human Brain
- Chapter 3 Basic Physics and Physiology of MEG and EEG
- Chapter 4 An Overview of EEG and MEG
- Chapter 5 Instrumentation for MEG and EEG
- Chapter 6 Practicalities of Data Collection
- Chapter 7 Data Acquisition and Preprocessing
- Chapter 8 Artifacts
- Chapter 9 Analyzing the Data
- Chapter 10 Brain Rhythms
- Chapter 11 Evoked and Event-Related Responses
- Chapter 12 Auditory Responses
- Chapter 13 Visual Responses
- Chapter 14 Somatosensory Responses
- Chapter 15 Other Sensory Responses and Multisensory Interactions
- Chapter 16 Motor Function
- Chapter 17 Brain Signals Related to Change Detection
- Chapter 18 The Social Brain
- Chapter 19 Brain Disorders
- Chapter 20 MEG/EEG in the Study of Brain Function
- Chapter 21 Looking to the Future
- Index
(p. 304) MEG/EEG in the Study of Brain Function
- Chapter:
- (p. 304) MEG/EEG in the Study of Brain Function
- Author(s):
Riitta Hari
, and Aina Puce
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780190497774.003.0020
This chapter summarizes some relative advantages and disadvantages of MEG and EEG, most of which have been previously elaborated. MEG and EEG are the two sides of the same coin and provide complementary information about the human brain’s neurodynamics. The combined use of MEG or EEG together and with other noninvasive methods used to study human brain function is advocated to be important for future research in systems and cognitive/social neuroscience. This chapter also examines combined use and interpretation of MEG/EEG with MRI/fMRI, and performing EEG recordings during non-invasive brain stimulation.
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- Preface
- About the Authors
- Preamble
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Insights into the Human Brain
- Chapter 3 Basic Physics and Physiology of MEG and EEG
- Chapter 4 An Overview of EEG and MEG
- Chapter 5 Instrumentation for MEG and EEG
- Chapter 6 Practicalities of Data Collection
- Chapter 7 Data Acquisition and Preprocessing
- Chapter 8 Artifacts
- Chapter 9 Analyzing the Data
- Chapter 10 Brain Rhythms
- Chapter 11 Evoked and Event-Related Responses
- Chapter 12 Auditory Responses
- Chapter 13 Visual Responses
- Chapter 14 Somatosensory Responses
- Chapter 15 Other Sensory Responses and Multisensory Interactions
- Chapter 16 Motor Function
- Chapter 17 Brain Signals Related to Change Detection
- Chapter 18 The Social Brain
- Chapter 19 Brain Disorders
- Chapter 20 MEG/EEG in the Study of Brain Function
- Chapter 21 Looking to the Future
- Index