Delta responses and cognitive processing: single-trial evaluations of human visual P300

Visual P300 responses were recorded by using checkerboard-type stimuli. (1) High amplitude P300-delta responses were visible even in single trial ERPs, (2) An algorithm for efficient selection of P300 single trials (based on evaluation of delta responses) is introduced. (3) The 'universal' character of the P300-delta response demonstrated in this report may open new avenues for the understanding of functional ERP components. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.