Higher order brain functions studied by an alternative method
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University of Bonn, Germany
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FU University, Germany
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FH Bochum, Germany
Our work group studies development defencies of children. In this study we use NIRS (Nirs is the acronym for Near Infrared Light). We tried to compare the cognitive possibilities of children linked to epilepsy and “sane” children. In literature there has been some hints that cognitive possibilities of children linked to epilepsy were slightly lowered. There have also been discussions, that hidden epilepsy lowers the success of children at school and that a treatment of silent epilepsy enhances the success of those children. We used NIRS because the method is non-invasive and easy to apply because it uses only two optodes. Influences on higher order cognitive functions of the brain by the method can be regarded as very low. The method allows the study of the prefrontal cortex, which is the center of the higher order function of the brain. We studied children with this method while they tried to solve problems like “tower of Hanoi” or the well known “Wisconsin card sorting” test. The main objective of our study is to find inexpensive methods for screening children in order to start a catch up program for disabled children as early as possible. Another method we try to establish is an inverse EEG method. The inverse problem of EEG is to distinguish between intensity and location of the origin of sign emitting points in the brain. So we use EEG as an alternative method and try by means of pattern recognition to identify abnormalities in the brain. NIRS and Inverse EEG studies have in common that they are inexpensive and easy to use for a physician.
Conference:
10th International Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience, Bodrum, Türkiye, 1 Sep - 5 Sep, 2008.
Presentation Type:
Poster Presentation
Topic:
Neuroinformatics of Cognition
Citation:
Faix
M,
Rentzsch
J and
Haverkamp
F
(2008). Higher order brain functions studied by an alternative method.
Conference Abstract:
10th International Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience.
doi: 10.3389/conf.neuro.09.2009.01.352
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Received:
15 Dec 2008;
Published Online:
15 Dec 2008.
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Correspondence:
Matthias Faix, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, Matthias.Faix@ukb.uni-bonn.de