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Across-trial averaging of event-related EEG responses and beyond.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  18479877     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Internally and externally triggered sensory, motor and cognitive events elicit a number of transient changes in the ongoing electroencephalogram (EEG): event-related brain potentials (ERPs), event-related synchronization and desynchronization (ERS/ERD), and event-related phase resetting (ERPR). To increase the signal-to-noise ratio of event-related brain responses, most studies rely on across-trial averaging in the time domain, a procedure that is, however, blind to a significant fraction of the elicited cortical activity. Here, we outline the key concepts underlying the limitations of time-domain averaging and consider three alternative methodological approaches that have received increasing interest: time-frequency decomposition of the EEG (using the continuous wavelet transform), blind source separation of the EEG (using Independent Component Analysis) and the analysis of event-related brain responses at the level of single trials. In addition, we provide practical guidelines on the implementation of these methods and on the interpretation of the results they produce.
Authors:
A Mouraux; G D Iannetti
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Review     Date:  2008-05-13
Journal Detail:
Title:  Magnetic resonance imaging     Volume:  26     ISSN:  0730-725X     ISO Abbreviation:  Magn Reson Imaging     Publication Date:  2008 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2008-08-11     Completed Date:  2009-01-14     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8214883     Medline TA:  Magn Reson Imaging     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1041-54     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Oxford Centre for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain, Oxford, United Kingdom.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Cortical Synchronization*
Electroencephalography*
Evoked Potentials / physiology*
Humans
Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted*

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