Language and Brain Quiz

What did Ojemann et al’s famous paper reveal?

Do individual cells have roles in language processing or only groups of cells together?

What is the technique called that places grids of electrodes directly onto the cortex and measures activity?

According to Steve Luck, if we put an EEG onto a human with no experimentally planned stimuli, what do we find?

What’s the difference between an EEG and an ERP?

Some EEG waves are positive and some are negative. Do they differ or is it merely arbitrary?

What’s the difference between the amplitude and latency of a brainwave? (Make sure to use your own words.)

What does the ‘N’ and ‘400’ mean in the waveform name ‘N400’. You may have to guess.

Out of the techniques described in table 2.5, which is the most interesting to you and why?