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Analysis of propagation of multi-channel EEG in the test of sustained attention

  • Nan Yan
  • , Jue Wang
  • , Steve An Xue
  • , Hengsong Sheng
  • , Yongfen Jiao
  • , Jing Wang
  • The University of Hong Kong
  • Xi'an Jiaotong University

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Abstract

the psychological construct 'sustained attention' describes a basic component of attention characterized by the subject's readiness to detect rarely and unpredictably occurring signals over prolonged periods of time. In this study, six healthy volunteers underwent a sustained attention to response task (SART), while their electroencephalographic (EEG) were recorded contemporarily. Directed Transfer Function (DTF) was used as estimator for direction of propagation of EEG function coupling. The results of DTF showed that the information flux within EEG functional coupling changed when attention condition changed from inattention state to sustained attention state, principally at alpha and beta rhythms. The DTF could be used to evaluate sustained attention condition and they might be used for research on damage of attention mechanisms of ADHD and TBI diseases in future.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'10
Pages1666-1669
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Event2010 32nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'10 - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Duration: 31 Aug 20104 Sep 2010

Publication series

Name2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'10

Conference

Conference2010 32nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'10
Country/TerritoryArgentina
CityBuenos Aires
Period31/08/104/09/10

Keywords

  • Directed Transfer Function
  • Electroencephalographic
  • Sustained attention

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