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1
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Which term refers to the abrupt appearance and disappearance of a group of waves that can be discriminated from background activity

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Burst

2
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Describe kappa waves

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consist of burst of alpha, and Theta waves over the temporal region of the scalp when clients are mentally active

3
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A differential signal is the difference between

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To unlike signals applied to the respective to input terminals of a differential amplifier

4
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What electrode is typically connected to input terminal two of an EEG amplifier, and used to measure the potential variations of another electrode?

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Reference electrode

5
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Which montage, detects voltage differences between a single electrode, and an average of the remaining electrodes, waited in proportion to the distance from the electrode placed in input one?

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Weighted average montage

6
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Which montage best detects the localized neural current sources

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Laplacian

7
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Which term refers to the particular arrangement by which a number of pairs of electrodes and EEG channels are simultaneously displayed in an EEG record

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 Montage

8
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Which term refers to the non-stimulus occurrence of EEG activity in regions on the same or opposite side of the head

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Asynchrony

9
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Which electrode is placed over the scalp or brain to detect a EEG activity

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The active electrode

10
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A(n) _______ montage detects the voltage difference between a single electrode placed an input one and the average of the remaining 10-20 electrodes placed in input 2

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An average reference montage

11
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Which term refers to the unequal amplitude, and or form and frequency of EEG activity over corresponding areas on opposite sides of the head

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Asymmetry

12
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Which term refers to the electrical activity that appears at two respective input terminals of a differential amplifier

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 A common mode signal

13
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Which rhythm ranges from 7–11 hurts and is detected over the central or central parietal regions of the scalp when the patient is awake

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The mu rhythm

14
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Which montage consist of referential derivations

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A referential montage. It consist of pairs of electrodes, including an active electrode, placed in input terminal one and reference electrode place in input terminal two of an EEG amplifier.

15
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Which montage permits the best analysis of asymmetry

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A common reference montage

16
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Which montage detects voltage differences between two adjacent electrodes

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Hey, sequential montage. This montage consist of multiple derivations, where no single electrode is common to all derivations. In most cases, the derivations are linked.

17
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Which of these is the ratio of the amplification of differential and common mode signals

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Common mode rejection

18
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A ______ refers to both the process of recording from a pair of electrodes in an EEG count channel and resulting EEG record

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Derivation

19
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A montage in which the reference electrode is common to multiple derivations, is termed, a ______ montage

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 A common electrode reference

20
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Which montages provide excellent detection of electrode artifact

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Sequential and comment reference

21
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Finite impulse response, infinite impulse response, and frequency domain filtering are three approaches to

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Digital filtering

22
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What do you call a period of time in an EEG record

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Epoch

23
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What refers to EEG activity that is elicited by and time-locked to a stimulus like a light or tone

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And evoked potential

24
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EEG desacralization is produced by the activation of ascending projections by the

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Basil forebrain, Locus coeruleus, and raphe nuclei

25
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A ————— filter reduces the amplitude of a narrow range of frequencies centered around 60 Hz (North America)

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A notch filcher reduces the amplitude of a narrow range of frequencies

26
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A ———— filter reduces the amplitude of higher frequencies

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A low pass filter reduces the amplitude of higher frequencies while allowing lower frequencies to pass through the amplifier

27
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Filtering adjustments can be performed retrospectively during EEG review when using what type of filtering

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Digital filtering

28
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A ———— is a sequence of two or more waves with the characteristic form, or reoccurring with a fairly consistent form that can be distinguished from background activity

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A complex wave

29
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Fisch and Spehlmann recommend common mode rejection, ratios of at least ——- ohms.

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10,000

30
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Ascending projections from the basil for brain and brain stem to the thalamus, the interrupt rhythmical activity release the neurotransmitter…

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Acetylcholine

31
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What do you call the form or shape of the EEG waves?

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Morphology

32
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A ———- filter reduces the amplitude of lower frequencies

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A high pass filter reduces the amplitude of lower frequencies while allowing higher frequencies to pass through the amplifier

33
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——— is the ratio of the output, signal voltage to the input, signal voltage of an EEG channel

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Gain is the ratio of the output, signal voltage to the input, signal voltage of an EEG channel

34
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AnEEG ———— consist of waves of approximately constant.

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An EEG rhythm

35
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What are sleep spindles?

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Sleep spindles are synchronous, rhythmic 12–14 Hz waves that usually first appear during stage 2 sleep and reduce our responsiveness to environmental stimuli like noise

36
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EEG Rittz mystery appears to depend on interactions between the Cortex and the

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Thalamus

37
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A ———- is a limited region of the scalp, cerebral cortex, or depth of the brain that displays specific EEG activity

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Focus

38
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Which frequency bands contain slow activity

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Delta and theta

39
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Which refers to the time interval between single waves and complexes that repeat themselves?

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Period refers to the time interval between single waves and complexes. When single waves and complexes repeat at intervals longer than the wavelength, they are called periodic.

40
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Cells within the ————- of the thalamus, have intrinsic peacemaker properties and stimulate thalamocortical cells that produce rhythmic expectations in the Cortex

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Nucleus reticularis

41
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C locations are found in what area of the brain

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Central location

42
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An increase of what neurotransmitters produce, hypocoupled states which facilitate small regional and local resonance loops 

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Acetylcholine, dopamine, and norepinephrine

43
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Based on the Nyquist theorem, if you want to perform analog to digital conversion on a 25 hertz signal, the sampling rate should be at least

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50 Hz. The rate is twice the fastest frequency in the signal of interest

44
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Silberstein proposed that regional resonances are produced by residence loops between microcolumns that are several centimeters apart and produce EEG activity in the ———- range

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Alpha Beta range. The closer the macro columns, the faster, the frequencies they generate.

45
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An analog to digital conversion, the number of digital points per second used to represent an analog signal, is referred to as the

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Sampling rate

46
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Those sites labeled with a “Z” are located

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Along the midline

47
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And advanced form topography mapping, super imposes, a color or grayscale image of an EEG feature onto the Cortical surface image created using

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MRI

48
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T4 is closest to

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Right preauricular point, notch

49
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Silberstein proposed that global residences are produced by residence loops between widely separated areas and produce EEG activity in the ———- range

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Delta theta range.

50
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The nucleus, reticularis of the thalamus allows thelamic peacemakers to adjust their firing frequencies by releasing ——- on relay and inhibitory interneurons

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GABA

51
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When an analog to digital converter samples and analog signal, at a rate, less than twice its frequency, the signal will be misrepresented as slower frequency wave forms. This problem is called.

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Aliasing

52
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When a clinician wants to visually inspect a signal that has undergone analog to digital conversion, the sampling rate should be at least ——— times the highest frequency of interest or else waveform morphology may be distorted

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Six

53
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———— transforms the EEG signal into numerical values. They can help clinicians examine selected EEG features.

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Quantitative EEG

54
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CZ is located

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At the vertex

55
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———- constructs, a graphical display of the distribution of a particular EEG feature over the scalp, a Cortical surface

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Topographical mapping

56
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The Fz, Cz and Pz sites are each blank percent of the total distance between the nasion an inion starting from FPZ

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20%

57
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An increase of the neuromodulator ————- produces the hypercoupling that generates global resonances.

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Serotonin

58
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Silberstein propose that local resonances are produced by resonance loops between adjacent microcolumns and produce EEG activity at the ——— range

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Gamma

59
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What is the origin of scalp EEG activity?

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Postsynaptic potential

60
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Where are the additional electrode locations on the international 10–10 system placement

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AF, FC, CP, PO, FT, & TP

61
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What’s another term for common mode rejection?

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In phase cancellation

62
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What is amplified in an EEG?

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1.Extra cerebral Potentials
2.Main’s artifact
3.Radio, frequency. noise

63
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And Rowen’s Primer of EEG electrical events are

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  1. A flow of current that creates a field that spreads out from the origin of an electrical event.
  2. A potential field.
  3. The summation of a IPSPs & EPSPs in a neuronal net.
64
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What is the advantage of a 10–10 system?

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  1. Improves the detection of localized evoked potentials.
  2. Increases EEG spatial resolution.
  3. Better localizes epileptic form activity.
65
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What causes rhythmic EEG signal such as alpha?

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  1. Cells in the nucleus, reticularis of the thalamus that have pacing properties.
  2. Interaction between Cortex and thalamus.
  3. The activity of thalamic pacemaker cells.
66
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What types of metals are commonly used in EEG recordings?

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Gold, platinum, silver, silver chloride, and tin

67
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Which four electrodes received new designations from the 10-20 electrode placement system now in the 10-10 placement?

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T3, T4, T5, and T6 became T7, T8, P7, and P8 

68
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What mechanism maintains, rhythmic, cortical activities, such as alpha?

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The functional properties of large neuronal networks in the cortex that have an intrinsic capacity for Rhythmicity