Re: [Openeeg-list] EEG for classroom demo

[Joseph S. <js...@ve...>]

Hey Barry;

Maybe you and the other 'professors' down at Conestoga need to try some 
different books!  That is not only a ridiculous idea but dangerous.  I 
doubt you will find anyone who will recommend even hooking up a home 
made (properly designed such as modeeg) unit to your kids in school.  
Liability issues in schools are way too sensitive to consider anything 
other than professional equipment used by a professional.  Sad as that 
is, it is probably the reality today.  Under no circumstances hook up 
electrodes to someone's body and connect them to any casual piece of 
equipment.  There is a risk of electrocution especially when hooking up 
to something like a TV with its inherent high voltage electronics, and 
that is only the most obvious of the liability concerns with 
neurofeedback through EEG

Joe

Barry Cull wrote:

> Hi folks:
>  
> In his book, "Theatre of Consciousness", Bernard Baars states that one 
> can show brainwaves by hooking two electrodes (he advises dimes) to 
> the input of a stereo receiver and then running the output through a 
> TV set.  I tried this and not surprisingly, it didn't work all that 
> well.  I did, however, get some persistent static that looked 
> different when the "electrodes" were attached to my head.
>  
> I want to do a simple classroom demonstration on consciousness using 
> an EEG wave pattern.  Does anyone know whether the stereo amplifier 
> output can be tweaked, using simple components, to provide a readable 
> image to the inputs of a TV? 
>  
> Thanks for any help.
>  
> Barry Cull
> Professor of Psychology
> Conestoga College
> Ontario