Event-related potentials (ERPs) have been used for decades to study perception, cognition, emotion, neurological and psychiatric disorders, and lifespan development. ERPs consist of multiple components and reflect a specific neurocognitive process. In the past, there was no single source that could be consulted to learn about all the major ERP components; learning about a single ERP component required reading dozens or even hundreds of separate journal articles and book chapters.The Oxford Handbook of Event-Related Potential Components fills this longstanding void with a detailed and comprehensive review of the major ERP components. Comprising 22 chapters by the field's founders and leading researchers, this volume offers extensive coverage of all relevant topics: the fundamental nature of ERP components, including essential information about how ERP components are defined and isolated individual components, such as the N170, P300, and ERN groups of related components within specific research domains, such as language, emotion, and memory ERP components in special populations, including children, the elderly, nonhuman primates, and patients with neurological disorders, affective disorders, and schizophreniaWhile undeniably broad in scope, these chapters are accessible to novices while remaining informative and engaging to experts. The Oxford Handbook of Event-Related Potential Components is a unique and valuable resource for students and researchers throughout the brain sciences.

PrefacePart One: Conceptual Bases1. ERP Components: The Ups and Downs of Brainwave RecordingsEmily S. Kappenman and Steven J. Luck2. Beyond ERPs: Oscillatory Neuronal DynamicsMarcel Bastiaansen, Ali Mazaheri, and Ole Jensen3. ERP Features and EEG Dynamics: An ICA PerspectiveScott Makeig and Julie OntonPart Two: Commonly Studied ERP Components4. Sensory ERP ComponentsHillel Pratt5. The N170: Understanding the Time Course of Face Perception in the Human BrainBruno Rossion and Corentin Jacques6. The Mismatch Negativity (MMN)Risto N??t?nen and Kairi Kreegipuu7. Neuropsychology of P300John Polich8. Negative slow waves as indices of anticipation: The Bereitschaftspotential, the Contingent Negative Variation, and the Stimulus Preceding NegativityCornelis H.M. Brunia, Geert J.M. van Boxtel, and Koen B.E. B?cker9. The Lateralized Readiness PotentialFren T.Y. Smulders and Jeff O. Miller10. The Error-Related Negativity (ERN/Ne)William J. Gehring, Yanni Liu, Joseph M. Orr, and Joshua CarpPart Three: ERP Components in Specific Cognitive Domains11. ERP Components and Selective AttentionSteven J. Luck and Emily S. Kappenman12. Electrophysiological Correlates of the Focusing of Attention within Complex Visual Scenes: N2pc and Related Electrophysiological CorrelatesSteven J. Luck13. What ERPs Can Tell Us about Working MemoryVeronica B. Perez and Edward K. Vogel14. Electrophysiological Correlates of Episodic Memory ProcessesEdward L. Wilding and Charan Ranganath15. Language-Related ERP ComponentsTamara Y. Swaab, Kerry Ledoux, C. Christine Camblin, and Megan Boudewyn16. ERPs and the Study of EmotionGreg Hajcak, Anna Weinberg, Annmarie MacNamara, and Dan FotiPart Four: ERPs in Special Populations17. Event-related Potentials and DevelopmentDonna Coch and Margaret M. Gullick18. The Components of AgingDavid Friedman19. Abnormalities of Event Related Potential Components in SchizophreniaBrian F. O'Donnell, Dean F. Salisbury, Margaret A. Niznikiewicz, Colleen A. Brenner, and Jenifer L. Vohs20. Event-related Brain Potentials in Depression: Clinical, Cognitive, and Neurophysiologic ImplicationsGerard E. Bruder, J?rgen Kayser, and Craig E. Tenke21. Alterations of ERP Components in Neurodegenerative DiseasesRolf Verleger22. Homologues of Human ERP Components in Nonhuman PrimatesGeoffrey F. Woodman