The Study of Anticipatory Brain Activity in Cognitive Tasks by Means of Event-Related Potential, Frequency, and Time-Frequency Methods

This chapter presents a series of studies on anticipatory brain activity in cognitive tasks acquired using electroencephalographic methods including event-related potential, frequency, and time-frequency analyses. The main aim is to provide an overview of the range of experimental methods that can be used to study the proactive capabilities of the brain in monitoring and regulating upcoming events and actions. The chapter is divided in sections taking into consideration basic cognitive functions as perception, attention, motor control, and inhibition. In each section, the most used experimental paradigms are described providing methodological information for their realization.