Author(s)

Evgeny A. Yumatov¹, Alexandr E. Hramov², Vadim V. Grubov², Oleg S. Glazachev³, Elena N. Dudnik³, Nikolay A. Karatygin¹

¹P.K. Anokhin Research Institute of Normal Physiology, Moscow, Russia.
²Yuri Gagarin State Technical University of Saratov, Saratov, Russia.
³First Moscow State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (Sechenov University), Moscow, Russia.

The brain is a unique organization in nature, possessing the ability for psychic activity, which manifests itself in thoughts, feelings and emotions. In present days, numbers of mathematical methods for analysis of electroencephalogram (EEG) were developed with continuous wavelet transform being one of the most successive approaches for studying of brain activity. This paper is aimed to develop methods for investigation of psychic brain activity with help of continuous wavelet analysis of EEG. Ability of human to realize semantic content of the image presented on the screen was tested. Experiment was accompanied with simultaneous EEG recording, which was held with developed software and PC-based experimental setup. The information capabilities of continuous wavelet transform-based method for EEG analysis were improved for the recognition of specific patterns in human brain activity. Comparative wavelet analysis was carried out for EEG recordings at the moment of awareness of the semantic content of the image and for EEG recordings in the absence of conscious (subjective) perception of the semantic content of the image. Significant differences were shown in the alpha rhythm of EEG for the moments of awareness of the semantic content of the image and for the moments of absence of conscious perception. Continuous wavelet analysis of EEG showed that the alpha rhythm is the main EEG rhythm, which can be used to estimate the presence of subjective perception of the visual image. Significant differences were shown in the alpha rhythm of EEG for the moments of awareness of the semantic content of the image and for the moments of absence of conscious perception. Conducted studies allow to conclude that revealing of brain activity related to visual image awareness is possible through analysis of EEG.

Brain, Psychic, Consciousness, Electroencephalogram, Continuous Wavelet Analysis

Yumatov, E. , Hramov, A. , Grubov, V. , Glazachev, O. , Dudnik, E. and Karatygin, N. (2019) Possibility for Recognition of Psychic Brain Activity with Continuous Wavelet Analysis of EEG. Journal of Behavioral and Brain Science, 9, 67-77. doi: 10.4236/jbbs.2019.93006.