Psychological and Emotional Abuse Evident in an EEG Test? (parent, people)

[AntonioR]

As I understand it, an EEG test measures electrical activities in the brain with several nodes placed on different part of the scalp and registering the findings over a certain period of time, usually one or two hours. I also know that certain patterns typical of people that suffered psychological and emotional abuse becomes apparent, such as abused people show less activity in the left hemisphere of the brain unlike people that haven't been abused.

What isn't clear to me are the following:

Does it recognize abuse that took place in the past?

Does it recognize abuse that is taking place?

Does it recognize the type of abuse by the electrical impulses in the brain?

Any other input or questions are also welcomed here. Hopefully someone will answer them.

[Kin Atoms]

This is akin to asking how a callous began. Was it from hard work? Was it a bad shoe? Was it because of inherent structural difficulties? A brain scan looks at essential 'wear patterns' of neurological activity. It won't show why, only show what's there. The greater question is can the brain/human adjust in a compensatory fashion to what is show as a liability or deficit (the answer to this latter issue is yes; finding that is worth the search). Additionally, when you have compensated as a person (healing), the brain may show the same pattern but not indicate how well the person has done afterwards or what they find as a strength.

Talking with a person answers many questions. Please don't split the brain from the human who uses it. You will be blown away by health in light of deficiencies, losses, and 'what shouldn't be.' We really live out miracles every day. I hope you find them in your quest for answers.

[Gohangr]

Originally Posted by Kin Atoms

This is akin to asking how a callous began. Was it from hard work? Was it a bad shoe? Was it because of inherent structural difficulties? A brain scan looks at essential 'wear patterns' of neurological activity. It won't show why, only show what's there. The greater question is can the brain/human adjust in a compensatory fashion to what is show as a liability or deficit (the answer to this latter issue is yes; finding that is worth the search). Additionally, when you have compensated as a person (healing), the brain may show the same pattern but not indicate how well the person has done afterwards or what they find as a strength.

Talking with a person answers many questions. Please don't split the brain from the human who uses it. You will be blown away by health in light of deficiencies, losses, and 'what shouldn't be.' We really live out miracles every day. I hope you find them in your quest for answers.

I think OP was mostly interested in finding out if you can singlehandledly use that EEG thing to determine physical or psychological abuse, but you raise an important point about not splitting the brain from the person, as well as the past and the present.

I read a bit on it on wikipedia but didnt find anything about abuse.
Mainly about trauma on the cortex and that it is mostly surface level and cant successfully reach deeper parts of the brain. Do you have any relevant links op? sounds interesting to me.

[purehuman]

no...no....and no.