Need to know:

  • fMRI - functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • NIRS - Near Infrared Spectroscopy
    • fNIRS - Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy
    • OT: Optical Topography
  • PET - Positron Emission Tomography
  • ERP - Event Related Potential
  • MEG - Magnetoencephalography
  • ECOG - Electrocorticography
  • CSM - Cortical Stimulation Mapping
  • TMS - Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
    • rTMS - Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
    • dTMS - Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
  • tDCS - Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
  • VBLSM - Voxel-Based Bayesian Lesion-Symptom Mapping


Hickok and Poeppel Model:

  • Ventral Stream - The meaning of speech sounds
  • Dorsal Stream -
    Source

Wernicke-Lictheim Geschwind Model

Arcuate Fasciculus - Tract of white matter that connect Broca’s and Wernicke’s Area

  • Damage leads to difficulty repeating words

Broca’s Aphasia - Unable to produce fluent speech
Wernicke’s Aphasia - Meaningless speech, a fluent aphasia
Conduction Aphasia - Inability to repeat word, due to a psychological problem
Apraxia - Unable to physically produce speech

TMS - Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

EEG - Electroencephalography
EMG - Electromyography, used for muscles
MEG vs EMG:

  • Magnetoencephalography (MEG) - Uses magnetic fields
  • Electromyography (EMG) - Electrical activity

PET - Positron Emission Tomography
PET was the fMRI of the past, now most people opt for fMRI. Better spatial and temporal resolution.

ERP Components:

  • P300 - Surprise
  • N400 - Semantic Unexpected Word
  • P600 - Syntactic Anomalies
  • MMN (Mismatch Negativity)