On the Independence of the CNV and the P300 Components of the Human Averaged Evoked Potential
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1975
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1016/0013-4694(75)90187-X
Abstract
We report an experiment designed to assess the interactions between the CNV and the P300 components of human event-related potential. Eight subjects were each presented with series of experimental trials on all of which either a 1200 c/sec or an 800 c/sec tone was presented. There were three independent variables: (a) The presence or absence of a warning flash 1000 msec prior to the tone. (b) The task assigned to the subject—that is subjects were either to make a discriminative response to the tone or, on half the series, to predict prior to the trial which of the two tones would be presented. (c) The predictability of the tone frequency. On half the series high and low tones alternated from trial to trial. On the other series, tones were chosen randomly on each trial.
The data show that the amplitude of the P300 component is not affected by the presence or absence of a warning stimulus. Furthermore, the distributions of P300 and the CNV over the scalp are quite different. These conclusions are supported by a principal component and a discriminant analysis of the data.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology, v. 38, issue 5, p. 449-461.
Scholar Commons Citation
Donchin, Emanuel; Tueting, Patricia; Ritter, Walter; Kutas, Marta; and Heffley, Earle, "On the Independence of the CNV and the P300 Components of the Human Averaged Evoked Potential" (1975). Psychology Faculty Publications. 201.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/psy_facpub/201
