Re: Re: interpretation of assessment data

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Since this was someone you were just doing for interest and practice, do whatever works. If the " artifact " is clearly identifiable and periodic enough to be removable, that works fine.

My inclination is to turn it into a project at the beginning of the eyes closed segment (before you have a lot of time invested) and have the client see if he/she can figure out what brings down the fast activity. Sometimes it's really there--even in perfect people. It's just nice to know.

Pete

Hmm...I need to do lots more assessments. I noticed the temporal high frequency on the spectragram during the assessment, but I'd reminded him to keep his face and body relaxed, and didn't want to disturb the recording---especially since his body didn't seem tense. In a situation like this would you remind the person during the recording to relax and delete the artifact from the data later or would you start a fresh recording for that site?

Thanks, Pete.Jane> >> > Hello--> >> > I'm still new at reviewing assessments and need help in understanding> > parts of a practice assessment performed on my son who was home from> > college this week.> >> > The histograms at each site show double alpha shapes. I haven't seen> > this before. The " perfect " alpha shapes, with one exception, are 10-> > 12 Hz. The " fair " alpha shapes are 8-10 Hz. Is there significant to> > this pattern?

> >> > Is muscle artifact often a problem in temporals? For someone who has> > been calm and easy-going his entire life, and seemed relaxed during> > the assessment, I was surprised to find hot

> > temporals. However, he also seems to have too much frontal alpha for> > someone who is is very focussed, attentive, motivated and organized.> > So, I'm not quite certain how to interpret the data. He has no

> > complaints that would coax him into NF training, but I'm interested> > in understanding the data, nonetheless.> >> > Thanks,> >> > Jane> >

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