A Neural Theory of Mental Processing Mathematical Principles, Empirical Evidence, and Clinical Applications
by Roland Kalb.
Vienna Springer Vienna Imprint
Springer
2001
(XX, 360 p. 61 illus.)
The time measurement of stimulus-response pathways: Measurement of reaction times in healthy subjects: Bihemispheric visual reaction tasks, The bihemispheric visual median finger reaction tasks, Monohemispheric visual reaction tasks, Monohemispheric auditory reaction tasks, The intra-individual variability of reaction time; Measurement of reaction times in patients: The reaction times of patients with monohemispheric brain lesions, The reaction times of patients with schizophrenia; The event-related potentials of reaction tasks: The ERP of auditory reaction tasks --; The spatiotemporal structure of stimulus-response pathways: Measurement of elementary time: The procedure 'NESTLE" in a computer program called 'FPM31e", The Chronophoresis of x11y, x22y, and x33y, Attributes of elementary times; Measurement of pathway structure: The linear and cyclical part of the pathway (FPM31e), The variability of the linear part of the pathway, The variability of the cyclical part of the pathway; Discussion: Critical considerations --; Applications of stimulus-response pathways in neurology and psychiatry: The pathways of healthy subjects: Convergence tables, Collection of Equations, Symmetries and Statistics; The pathways of patients with monohemispheric brain lesions: Convergence tables, Collection of equations, Deviations from normal pathways in patients with monohemispheric brain lesion; The pathways of patients with schizophrenia: Convergence tables, Collection of Equations, Deviations from normal pathways of healthy subjects; Critical considerations --; Critical evaluation of the results and the model: Confirmation of elementary times and pathway structure by event-related potentials: The correspondence between reaction time data (ET, linEN) and event-related potentials (latencies) in the a22y pathways of healthy subjects, The correspondence of reaction time data with event-related potentials in patients with schizophrenia; Modells of the xNNy pathways: Memory sets and setsystems, The Simulation of Set Systems; Discussion: Unsolved problems, Discussion of References --; References, Summary.