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We have studied the magnetic field produced by the brain when attending to a variety of rare events. The temporal character of the response to a rare auditory stimulus is reported. The magnetic field appears to offer a useful new probe of endogeneous activity in the human brain.
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Si è studiato il campo magnetico prodotto dal cervello prendendo in considerazione una varietà di eventi rari. Si riporta il carattere temporale della risposta a un raro stimolo uditivo. Il campo magnetico appare offrire un’utile nuova sonda dell’attività endogena nel cervello umano.
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Hess, D.W., Patrick, J.L., Stan, M.A. et al. Magnetic fields associated with the brain’s response to infrequent events. Il Nuovo Cimento D 2, 505–511 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02455949
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