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Transition from a resting state with eyes closed (REC) to a resting state with eyes open (REO) is associated with visible changes in EEG, which are traditionally considered to be a sign of reorganization of the brain’s activity in response to visual stimuli. The EEGs recorded in the REC and REO states in complete darkness, when the stimulatory effect of light to the eye’s retina was absent, were compared. Thirty healthy subjects participated in the study. EEG in the range of 1.5–50 Hz was recorded from nineteen zones of the head monopolarly. It was found that, under conditions of complete darkness, the REC and REO states significantly differed in their EEG spectral power and coherence in the Δ, θ, α1, α2, β1, β2 and γ frequency bands. Under experimental conditions, these changes in the EEG could not be induced by external influence to the visual system. Therefore, we suppose that they are correlates of the switching of involuntary preliminary attention from internally directed attention specific for the REC state to externally directed attention specific for the REO state.
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Original Russian Text © Yu.A. Boytsova, S.G. Danko, 2010, published in Fiziologiya Cheloveka, 2010, Vol. 36, No. 3, pp. 138–141.
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Boytsova, Y.A., Danko, S.G. EEG differences between resting states with eyes open and closed in darkness. Hum Physiol 36, 367–369 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0362119710030199
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