Progress in Brain Research

Abstract

The introduction and widespread use of the scalp‐recorded electroencephalogram in psychiatry and related disciplines have raised a number of important questions regarding its signincance and interpretation. One of the most difficult and complex of these is the relationship between the EEG and behavior. While some authorities believe the EEG is a sensitive index of specined behaviors, others are equally adamant that this association is neither regular nor constant. With the study of anticholinergic agents, the controversy has been brought into sharp focus. This intriguing area was explored at the Seventh Symposium on Anticholinergic Drugs and Brain Function in Animals and Man held in Washington, D.C. in March, 1966. This book contains the proceedings of that meeting.