Electric Fields of the Brain: The Neurophysics of EEG, 2nd Edition 2nd Edition by Paul L. Nunez (PDF)

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Electroencephalography (EEG) is practiced by neurologists, cognitive neuroscientists, and others interested in functional brain imaging. Whether for clinical or experimental purposes, all studies share a common purpose-to relate scalp potentials to the underlying neurophysiology. Electrical potentials on the scalp exhibit spatial and temporal patterns that depend on the nature and location of the sources and the way that currents and fields spread through tissue. Because these dynamic patterns are correlated with behavior and cognition, EEG provides a “window on the mind,” correlating physiology and psychology. This classic and widely acclaimed text, originally published in 1981, filled the large gap between EEG and the physical sciences. It has now been brought completely up to date and will again serve as an invaluable resource for understanding the principles of electric fields in living tissue and for using hard science to study human consciousness and cognition. No comparable volume exists for it is no easy task to explain the problems of EEG in clear language, with mathematics presented mainly in appendices. Among the many topics covered by the Second Edition are micro and meso (intermediate scale) synaptic sources, electrode placement, choice of reference, volume conduction, power and coherence measures, projection of scalp potentials to dura surface, dynamic signatures of conscious experience, neural networks immersed in global fields of synaptic action, and physiological bases for brain source dynamics. The Second Edition is an invaluable resource for neurologists,neuroscientists (especially cognitive neuroscientists), biomedical engineers, and their students and trainees. It will also appeal to physicists, mathematicians, computer scientists, psychiatrists, and industrial engineers interested in EEG.

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Editorial Reviews: Review From published reviews of the first edition”This volume fills an urgent need. It brings together the encephalographer and the physicist and enlightens both. It belongs on the bookshelf of anyone working in the broad and burgeoning field of neuroscience. Reginald G. Bickford is fully justified when he predicts in a brief foreword that the book will become a classic in the field.” –Physics Today”Has considerable value in its presentation of clinical, theoretical, and speculative information regarding electrical potentials developed in the brain and their recording . . . a substantive addition to the library of the physician or scientist . . .” –JAMA”Unique and important for a number of reasons, the most compelling of which is that for the first time a physicist with much practical experience with EEGs has set out to ‘tell the whole EEG story’ . . . a fine reference suitable as a textbook for a graduate level course on the EEG in a physiology or engineering department. Clinical neurologists specializing in epilepsy will find chapter six on EEG recording . . . and chapter seven on EEG analysis most valuable. The practical discussion on the choice of a reference electrode . . . is itself worth many times the price of the book.” –Alan S. Gevins in Epilepsia From the Author Video on-line: vimeo.com/13871399. PL Nunez, Neural models and their connections to experiments: A friendly reminder that fancy mathematics can never trump physical or biological principles.Brain Connectivity Workshop, Berlin, June 1-4, 2010. Psychology Today blog posts. psychologytoday.com/blog/the-new-science-consciousness/201706/does-the-brain-create-the-mind-speculation-consciousness From the Back Cover An exceptionally well-written book that will be a useful reference for researchers, clinicians, and educators alike….Medical Physics About the Author Paul L. Nunez is currently Emeritus Professor at Tulane University and runs a small consulting firm, Cognitive Dissonance, LLC that works regularly with the Department of Cognitive Science at the University of California at Irvine. Read more

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐Wonderful textbook. It definitely bridges the gap between electroencephalographers and physicists. Great read for neurophysiologists and electroencephalographers interested in learning about the physics behind EEG. It’s highly technical though.

⭐Although technical enough to not be taken lightly, this book should be read by anyone who wants to really understand what they are measuring with their EEG electrodes. College level physics, electrical engineering and calculus will be required to get much out of the book, and even then the going is slow. However, subjects such as cortical dipoles, temporal filtering and why EEG has a 1/f power spectrum all make more sense to me now.I use EEG for neurofeedback and other quantitative medical applications. I recommend this book to anyone interested in EEG beyond the technician level. I give it four stars only because much of the mathematics is very technical and difficult.

⭐This newer edition is much more complete and interesting than the original 1980 edition.

⭐fascinating, appropriate for beginners

⭐Lots of key references are missing; no excuse, in this age of computers…Lots of explanations “in plain english” are missing; difficult to understand, in many places…

⭐This is an authoritative text on the basic principles of the human electroencephalogram (EEG), containing a wealth of valuable information that would be difficult or impossible to obtain from other sources. It should be of interest to scientists with nearly any background, ranging from physics and engineering to neurobiology and psychology. A remarkable quality of this text is that it is written to serve all these audiences well. Hard-core mathematical readers can be assured that these authors know their physics, and apply it aptly to not only EEG measurement technology, but also to the spatiotemporal dynamics of the cortical sheet. Another prominent quality is its rigorous consideration of the multi-scale nature of cortical anatomy and its dynamics, and a quantitative assessment of what aspects of human brain dynamic processes may be accessible with scalp EEG. In the main text, equations are stated without proof, and always explained intuitively. In this way, the book is quite accessible to non-mathematical readers, who can simply read around the equations and still follow the arguments. Indeed, this text is packed with “take-home messages” that neuroscientists would do well to keep in mind. The appendices provide mathematical derivations that are pivotal to arguments in the main text. By serving all these audiences so well, this text is a valuable resource for those interested in bridging the various subfields of human neuroscience. Insofar as EEG and MEG measure closely related quantities, this text is also essential for MEG researchers.

⭐While the first edition (1981) of this book was widely acclaimed, this second edition is substantially improved. As a clinical neurologist, I appreciate the author’s relaxed conversational style when addressing the often subtle connections between physics and neuroscience, reminiscent of Feynman’s famous Lectures on Physics. This approach brings together the physicist and neuroscientist and enlightens both. The material covers a broad range from brain waves (EEG) to basic questions on the nature of consciousness. This is a must read for anyone seriously interested in how the brain works.

⭐Excellent book for everyone in the field of neurophysiology and computed neuroscience. Don’t expect much of clinical practice, but at the same time you can get information that can be practical. It’s a most for all that are in the field of electro-physics of the brain.

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