'Most neuropsychologists will find articles in this collection well worth reading ... a good review of the ERP results from studies of at-risk groups, and a clear discussion of the theoretical issues raised by genetic-risk research.'Warren S. Brown, Neuropsychologia, Vol. 31, No. 12, 1993

• PART I: NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL BASES OF EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS: Robert T. Knight: Neural mechanisms of event-related potentials; Paul L. Nunez: Physical principles and neurophysiological mechanisms underlying event-related potentials; Richard Coppola: Topographic mapping of multilead data; Alan S. Gevins: Dynamic patterns in multiple lead data; Jennifer S. Buchwald: Animal models of cognitive event-related potentials; Raymond Kesner: Cognitive constructs in animal and human studies; PART II: EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS IN THE BIOLOGICAL CONTEXT: Brigitte Rockatroh & Thomas Elbert: On the relations between event-related potentials and autonomic responses; Lois E. Putnam: Great expectation; Don M. Tucker: Asymmetries of neural architecture and the structure of emotional experience; PART III: BRAIN SYSTEMS AND COGNITION: James E. Hoffman: Event-related potentials and automatic and controlled processes; Howard S. Hock: Judgements of frequency; Ira S. Fischler: Comprehending language with event-related potentials; David L. Woods: The physiological basis of selective attention; Eric Courchesne: Chronology of postnatal human brain development; Theodore R. Bashore, Jr: Age-related changes in mental processing revealed by analyses of event-related brain potentials; PART IV: APPLICATIONS: Raja Parasuraman: Event-related brain potentials and human factors research; Christopher D. Wickens: applications of event-related potential research to problems in human factors; David Friedman: Event-related potentials in populations at genetic risk; C. Robert Cloninger: Event-related potentials in populations at genetic risk; Robert F. Simons & Mark A. Miles: Nonfamilial strategies for the identification of subjects at risk for severe psychopathology; Keith H. Nuechterlain: Methodological considerations in the search for indicators of vulnerability to severe psychopathology.

'Most neuropsychologists will find articles in this collection well worth reading ... a good review of the ERP results from studies of at-risk groups, and a clear discussion of the theoretical issues raised by genetic-risk research.'Warren S. Brown, Neuropsychologia, Vol. 31, No. 12, 1993

• PART I: NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL BASES OF EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS: Robert T. Knight: Neural mechanisms of event-related potentials; Paul L. Nunez: Physical principles and neurophysiological mechanisms underlying event-related potentials; Richard Coppola: Topographic mapping of multilead data; Alan S. Gevins: Dynamic patterns in multiple lead data; Jennifer S. Buchwald: Animal models of cognitive event-related potentials; Raymond Kesner: Cognitive constructs in animal and human studies; PART II: EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS IN THE BIOLOGICAL CONTEXT: Brigitte Rockatroh & Thomas Elbert: On the relations between event-related potentials and autonomic responses; Lois E. Putnam: Great expectation; Don M. Tucker: Asymmetries of neural architecture and the structure of emotional experience; PART III: BRAIN SYSTEMS AND COGNITION: James E. Hoffman: Event-related potentials and automatic and controlled processes; Howard S. Hock: Judgements of frequency; Ira S. Fischler: Comprehending language with event-related potentials; David L. Woods: The physiological basis of selective attention; Eric Courchesne: Chronology of postnatal human brain development; Theodore R. Bashore, Jr: Age-related changes in mental processing revealed by analyses of event-related brain potentials; PART IV: APPLICATIONS: Raja Parasuraman: Event-related brain potentials and human factors research; Christopher D. Wickens: applications of event-related potential research to problems in human factors; David Friedman: Event-related potentials in populations at genetic risk; C. Robert Cloninger: Event-related potentials in populations at genetic risk; Robert F. Simons & Mark A. Miles: Nonfamilial strategies for the identification of subjects at risk for severe psychopathology; Keith H. Nuechterlain: Methodological considerations in the search for indicators of vulnerability to severe psychopathology.

'Most neuropsychologists will find articles in this collection well worth reading ... a good review of the ERP results from studies of at-risk groups, and a clear discussion of the theoretical issues raised by genetic-risk research.'Warren S. Brown, Neuropsychologia, Vol. 31, No. 12, 1993

• PART I: NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL BASES OF EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS: Robert T. Knight: Neural mechanisms of event-related potentials; Paul L. Nunez: Physical principles and neurophysiological mechanisms underlying event-related potentials; Richard Coppola: Topographic mapping of multilead data; Alan S. Gevins: Dynamic patterns in multiple lead data; Jennifer S. Buchwald: Animal models of cognitive event-related potentials; Raymond Kesner: Cognitive constructs in animal and human studies; PART II: EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS IN THE BIOLOGICAL CONTEXT: Brigitte Rockatroh & Thomas Elbert: On the relations between event-related potentials and autonomic responses; Lois E. Putnam: Great expectation; Don M. Tucker: Asymmetries of neural architecture and the structure of emotional experience; PART III: BRAIN SYSTEMS AND COGNITION: James E. Hoffman: Event-related potentials and automatic and controlled processes; Howard S. Hock: Judgements of frequency; Ira S. Fischler: Comprehending language with event-related potentials; David L. Woods: The physiological basis of selective attention; Eric Courchesne: Chronology of postnatal human brain development; Theodore R. Bashore, Jr: Age-related changes in mental processing revealed by analyses of event-related brain potentials; PART IV: APPLICATIONS: Raja Parasuraman: Event-related brain potentials and human factors research; Christopher D. Wickens: applications of event-related potential research to problems in human factors; David Friedman: Event-related potentials in populations at genetic risk; C. Robert Cloninger: Event-related potentials in populations at genetic risk; Robert F. Simons & Mark A. Miles: Nonfamilial strategies for the identification of subjects at risk for severe psychopathology; Keith H. Nuechterlain: Methodological considerations in the search for indicators of vulnerability to severe psychopathology.