Topographic brain mapping: uses and abuses.
Neurologists have tended to be skeptical about clinical applications of topographic mapping and quantitative EEG. Psychiatrists, on the other hand, feel that the technique is extremely useful in clinical practice. While some diagnostic successes have been achieved, the greatest potential of topographic mapping appears to be in clinical research--e.g., evaluating drug effects.
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Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, N.H.
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