Re: interpretation of assessment data

[Guest guest]

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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