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In brain research, the term “steady-state response” (SSR) refers to electrophysiological activity driven by a train of stimuli delivered at a high enough rate so that responses evoked by successive stimuli overlap (Regan 1982). Visual SSRs are evoked by probe stimuli delivered at rates between a few and 60 Hz; these can be sinusoidally modulated light, shifts in checkerboard patterns, or trains of brief flashes (Mundy-Castle 1953; Regan 1982). The auditory SSR reaches a response amplitude maximum at rates of stimulation near 40 Hz (Galambos et al. 1981); auditory probe stimuli are often trains of clicks or brief tone pips, but sinusoidally amplitude-modulated (Green at al. 1986; Kuwada et al. 1986; Rickards and Clark 1984) or frequency-modulated (Rodriguez et al. 1986) continuous tones can also be used. Recent research on auditory SSRs has been encouraged by their possible application in audiology (Kankkunen and Rosenhall 1985; Klein 1983; Makeig and Galambos 1983; Picton et al. 1987; Sammeth and Barry 1985; Shallop 1983; Stapells et al. 1987; 1988; Sturzebecher et al. 1985).
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Makeig, S., Galambos, R. (1989). The CERP: Event-Related Perturbations in Steady-State Responses. In: Başar, E., Bullock, T.H. (eds) Brain Dynamics. Springer Series in Brain Dynamics, vol 2. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74557-7_30
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