EEG and the Cognitive Sciences

February 20, 2019

Yvonne Gay

Students working in EEG room. — A student adjusts an EEG cap. Photo credit: Mike Crupi

Electroencephalogram is used in a variety of ways in the cognitive sciences to examine the structures and processes that underlie a creature’s ability to think and reason. In this gallery, EEG is used by students in Oberlin’s neuroscience and psychology departments.

Photo Gallery

Student wearing a cap with wires coming from it sits in front of a computer screen. — Students in Professor Leslie Kwakye's lab uses the EEG to take a closer look at how attention effects multi sensory integration and what's actually happening within the brain. Photo credit: Mike Crupi

Two students look at images on a two large computer screens. — Students in Professor Leslie Kwakye's lab uses the EEG to take a closer look at how attention effects multi sensory integration and what's actually happening within the brain. Photo credit: Mike Crupi

Student types on keyboard in a dark room, wearing a cap with suction cups. — Psychology and neuroscience major Corinne Marble '21 works on her face perception research in Oberlin's Psychology Department. Photo credit: Jennifer Manna

Student wearing a white cap with suction cups on it and another student fastening the cap on the head. — Psychology and neuroscience majors Margaret Sammon '20 and Corinne Marble '21 (wearing cap) work on their face perception research in Oberlin's Psychology Department. Photo credit: Jennifer Manna

Student wearing white EEG hat sits in a dark room and another student walks in. — Psychology and neuroscience majors Margaret Sammon '20 and Corinne Marble '21 (wearing cap) work on their face perception research in Oberlin's Psychology Department. Photo credit: Jennifer Manna

Student wearing white cap with wires coming from it sits in front of a computer screen in a dark room. — Psychology and neuroscience major Corinne Marble '21 works on her face perception research in Oberlin's Psychology Department. Photo credit: Jennifer Manna

Student wears white cap, student stands behind her, and professor instructs. — Neuroscience Professor Patrick Simen instructs Zoe Swann '19, a neuroscience major with a linguistics concentration, as she uses EEG for research on the computational basis of decision making and interval timing in the human brain. Photo credit: Mike Crupi

Student in lab coat stands next to a student wearing a plastic white cap. — Zoe Swann '19, a neuroscience major with a linguistics concentration, uses EEG for research on the computational basis of decision making and interval timing in the human brain. Photo credit: Mike Crupi

Students points out brain wave patterns on computer screen. — Zoe Swann '19, a neuroscience major with a linguistics concentration, uses EEG for research on the computational basis of decision making and interval timing in the human brain. Photo credit: Mike Crupi

Student taps with the sounds of drums. — Zoe Swann '19, a neuroscience major with a linguistics concentration, uses EEG for research on the computational basis of decision making and interval timing in the human brain. Photo credit: Mike Crupi

EEG cap with electrodes — An EEG cap with colored electrodes Photo credit: Mike Crupi

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