Comparison of Beta Brain Waves in Seeing Famous and Fameless People - A Prestudy
Journal Title: Saudi Journal of Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 3, Issue 10
Abstract
In recent studies, specific neurons were discovered in the brain which is devoted to a single person or object. For example, various pictures of Jennifer Aniston elicited a response in the same specific neuron unit inside the temporal lobe. In this study, I aimed to explore the relationship between beta waves and famous face processing by electroencephalography (EEG). Two healthy volunteers participated in this study (one male). EEG recordings were taken from while they were watching pictures of famous (20) and fameless (20) people pictures with a 32 channel EEG recording system. Beta power values in the temporal lobe were analyzed from the EEG data. Beta power values were 20, 15µV2 and 12, 25 µV2 for famous people and fameless people, respectively. Face-specific neurons are located in the temporal lobe and beta wave considered related to higher cognitive functions. I concluded higher beta power value for famous people as famous‐specific neurons create more electrical activity than non‐specific visual neurons in the temporal lobe. This was a prestudy and I believe that this study paves the way to explore the role of the beta wave in processing ‘Jennifer Anderson photos’.
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Gülsüm Akdeniz
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