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Brain Activation Imaging in Emotional Decision Making and Mental Health: A Review—Part 1

STS Instructor Authored by Thomas Collura

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Check out this Knowledge Base article from StressTherapy Solutions: Brain Activation Imaging in Emotional Decision Making and Mental Health: A Review—Part 1.

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Study at a glance

Area
QEEG, Methods & Mechanisms
Study type
Review & meta-analysis
Authors
Bonnstetter RJ, Collura TF
Journal
Clinical EEG and Neuroscience
Year
2020
Protocol
event-related EEG brain activation imaging

Key findings

  • Event-related brain activation imaging can track short mental reactions within individual trials
  • Self-report and real-time EEG are combined in a person-centred (ipsative) validation process
  • Lays the groundwork for the emotional decision-making model detailed in Part 2

DOI 10.1177/1550059420916636 → PubMed 32378434 →

The first of a two-part review setting out a method for linking what a person reports feeling and thinking with the electrical activity of their brain at the same moment. The authors describe an event-related imaging technique that, in controlled experiments, relates very brief mental processes (around a tenth of a second) to brain activation within single trials. Their validation approach pairs a person's self-report with live EEG recorded while they react to and decide about controlled material, giving a joint view of mind and brain.