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Cortical Source Analysis of High-Density EEG Recordings in Children
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2014
In recent years, there has been increasing interest in estimating the cortical sources of scalp measured electrical activity for cognitive neuroscience experiments. This article describes how high density EEG is acquired and how recordings are processed for cortical source estimation in children from the age of 2 years at the London Baby Lab.
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Electro-encephalography (EEG)
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2023
EEG is a non-invasive technique that can measure brain activity. The neural activity generates electrical signals that are recorded by EEG electrodes placed on the scalp. When an individual is engaged in performing a cognitive task, brain activity changes and these changes can be recorded on the EEG graph. Therefore, it is a powerful tool for cognitive scientist aiming to better understand the neural correlates associated with different aspects of cognition, which will ultimately help them...
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Preterm EEG: A Multimodal Neurophysiological Protocol
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2012
This video explains the background theory of the neonatal EEG activity and the sensory responses, followed by a live demonstration of their recording in neonatal intensive care unit.
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EEG Mu Rhythm in Typical and Atypical Development
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2014
Assessment of the EEG mu rhythm provides a unique methodology for examining brain activity and when combined with behaviorally based assays, can be a powerful tool for elucidating aspects of social cognition, such as imitation, in clinical populations.
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Acquisition and Analysis of an ECG (electrocardiography) Signal
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2023
Source: Peiman Shahbeigi-Roodposhti and Sina Shahbazmohamadi, Biomedical Engineering Department, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut An electrocardiograph is a graph recorded by electric potential changes occurring between electrodes placed on a patient's torso to demonstrate cardiac activity. An ECG signal tracks heart rhythm and many cardiac diseases, such as poor blood flow to the heart and structural abnormalities. The action potential created by contractions of the heart wall...
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Spectral analysis organizes EEG activity according to its frequency content, allowing researchers to identify patterns that may vary across behavioral conditions. Rather than treating the recording as one continuous signal, this approach examines whether particular frequency patterns accompany attention, sleep, perception, learning, emotion, or motor responses. These comparisons help relate ongoing neural dynamics to observed behavior.
Filtering and artifact removal reduce signal components that could obscure meaningful neural patterns. Because EEG electrodes record voltage fluctuations from the scalp, analysis must distinguish activity of interest from noise in the recording. This preprocessing improves the reliability of later spectral, time-frequency, or event-related analyses and supports more defensible links between neural signals and behavioral measures.
Time-frequency methods examine how frequency-related patterns change across time, preserving information about when neural activity occurs as well as its frequency characteristics. This is useful for studying brief changes associated with perception, attention, learning, emotion, or motor responses. The resulting view complements event-related potentials, which provide another way to relate activity to behavioral events.
A typical workflow begins with voltage recordings from scalp electrodes, followed by filtering and removal of unwanted signal components. Researchers then apply spectral analysis, time-frequency methods, or event-related potential analysis, depending on the behavioral question. Finally, they compare neural patterns with behavioral measures to determine how brain dynamics vary across tasks or conditions.
Researchers use the method when they need to examine rapid changes in brain activity during behavior. Its millisecond-scale information supports studies of attention, sleep, perception, learning, emotion, and motor responses. By combining neural recordings with behavioral measures, investigators can evaluate how patterns of brain activity relate to performance, responses, or changes across experimental conditions.
Beyond behavioral research, EEG analysis contributes to cognitive neuroscience, clinical assessment, and brain-computer interfaces. In cognitive neuroscience, it supports models connecting neural activity with behavior. Clinical assessment uses the recorded patterns as a source of information about brain function, while brain-computer interfaces rely on analyzed EEG signals to interpret activity for system interaction.