All participants will learn electrode placement, recording techniques, visual inspection of the EEG and how to recognize artifacts by the collection of 19 channel EEG on a variety of hardware/software options with a maximum of three participants to each EEG system. The course will additionally cover EEG editing, QEEG analysis and the use of statistics and databases for interpretation. The participant will be exposed to a variety of software for analysis and will be given an understanding of basic concepts such as amplitude, power, coherence and advanced concepts such as Low Resolution Electromagnetic Tomography (LORETA) for interpreting the QEEG. Research and clinically relevant interpretive techniques will be included. Leslie Sherlin, PhD , QEEG-D, BCIA-EEG will be the instructor for this course.

Day One

• Electrode Placement
  • 10/20 Electrode system
  • Electrode options (cap varieties, discrete electrodes, metals, etc)
• How differential amplifiers work
• Electricity basics
• QEEG systems
• Electrode placement lab 1
• Impedance testing and monitoring lab 1

Day Two

• Generation of the EEG
• Introduction to Quantitative EEG analysis
• Frequency Bands and implications
• Artifact recognition
• QEEG recording lab 1
• QEEG editing lab 1

• QEEG analysis concepts (amplitude, power, coherence, etc)
• Commercially available databases
• QEEG recording lab 2
• QEEG editing and analysis lab 1

• sLORETA-standardized Low Resolution Electromagnetic Tomography
• Normal and Abnormal EEG variants
• QEEG recording lab 3
• QEEG editing, analysis and sLORETA lab 1
• Drug exposure & QEEG changes

• Literature review of QEEG and clinical populations
• QEEG clinical interpretation techniques illustrated by case studies
• QEEG recording lab 4
EEG Phenotypes
• QEEG clinical interpretation techniques illustrated by case studies
• QEEG editing analysis sLORETA and interpretation lab 1

Leslie Sherlin received his undergraduate degree and first years of graduate school from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville while working in the Brain Research and Neuropsychology laboratory of Dr. Joel Lubar, a pioneer in neurofeedback with attention disorders. To further the integration of advanced EEG imaging he went to the Key Institute for Mind Brain Research in Zurich, Switzerland to learn Low Resolution Electromagnetic Tomography (LORETA) directly from the developer Dr. Roberto Pascual-Marqui. Following this training he co-founded Nova Tech EEG, Inc. to facilitate the development and widespread distribution of powerful, flexible and accessible tools for the Brain Electromagnetic Research with Dr. Marco Congedo. He remains the president of Nova Tech EEG, Inc.

He holds the degree of Master of Science in Clinical Psychology and is currently a doctoral candidate (Ph.D.) in Psychology. Following his first 5 years of intensive research in QEEG and LORETA, he was employed in Scottsdale, AZ practicing QEEG analysis and neurofeedback clinically for 3 years. In addition to being president of Nova Tech EEG, Inc, he currently is adjunct faculty at Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine, Tempe, AZ teaching QEEG and neurofeedback and biofeedback. He continues to practice neurofeedback clinically at Southwest Naturopathic Medical Center; and manages the rapid reporting services for Q-Metrx, Inc. in Burbank, CA, a QEEG analysis service. He is certified at the Diplomate level in QEEG and Neurotherapy and is a BCIA Certified EEG Biofeedback Practitioner.