Abstract
Neuroscientific methods and explanations increasingly dominate contemporary research in human behavior. At the undergraduate level, neuroscience is gaining a prominent place amongst the liberal-arts curriculum at UNCA. Recently, Drs. Foo and Neelon of the Department of Psychology have established the first full-scale human neuroimaging lab at the university and in western North Carolina through the acquisition of a 64-channel electroencephalography (EEG) recording system for research and training in neuroscience at UNCA. This system augments a growing bank of available equipment designed to record and measure emotional and physiological arousal (e.g. ECG, Blood Pressure, GSR), and to locate areas of the brain involved in cognitive tasks (EEG). This paper will present ongoing data collection on the roles of attention and inhibition in a Visual Evoked Potential task. Full-head EEG was recorded while participants either 1) passively observed a visual checkerboard 2) performed a congruent reaction time task by pressing a button on the same side (L vs. R) as the checkerboard, or 3) performed an incongruent task by pressing the opposite button as the checkerboard. Results and implications will be discussed.
How to Cite
Rerych, S., Savage, M. & Wisnoski, J., (2012) “Electrophysiology and Undergraduate Research at the University of North Carolina at Asheville”, Capstone, The UNC Asheville Journal of Undergraduate Scholarship 25(2).
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