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Title: | Some Attempts to Manipulate the Human Alpha Frequency and the Application of a Fourier Analysis to the EEG Frequency Spectrum |
Authors: | Santa-Barbara, John |
Advisor: | Kristofferson, A. B. |
Department: | Psychology |
Keywords: | human alpha frequency, application, Fourier Analysis, EEG, spectrum, dextrose ingestion |
Publication Date: | Oct-1967 |
Abstract: | <p> The present study has two objectives. The first is to apply a reliable and valid technique of eeg frequency analysis to the measurement of the human alpha rhythm. The second objective is to find a chemical agent which will alter an individual's dominant occipital frequency 2 Hz from its resting frequency. The techniques used are: dextrose ingestion, fasting, oxygen inhalation, hyperventilation, carbon dioxide inhalation, diamox, alcohol, librium and dexedrine. The treatments which did produce a 2 Hz shift in dominant frequency also produced new peaks in other parts of the frequency spectrum. Evidence is presented which suggests that the alpha rhythm can be made to fluctuate over a very narrow frequency range (approx. 1 Hz ).</p> |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/20984 |
Appears in Collections: | Digitized Open Access Dissertations and Theses |
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