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Assessing Gender Differences In Cognitive Processes Using Event Related Potentials, Jack Silcox, Dr. Bruce Brown

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Many have recognized the importance of identifying biomarkers for cognitive disorders (Casey, Craddock, Cuthbert, Hyman, Lee and Ressler, 2013). This is due to the amount of subjectivity that exists in current diagnostic methods. A patient with a mental disorder has to rely upon a psychiatrist’s experience and limited understanding of the patient’s mental state for a diagnosis, with the hopes of receiving the most effective treatment. Finding biomarkers to help supplement a psychiatrist’s subjective diagnosis would allow a patient to receive the appropriate treatment at the appropriate time. Current brain imaging technology has the potential for identifying biomarkers for mental …