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ReviewBrain sciences2017

A Review of Issues Related to Data Acquisition and Analysis in EEG/MEG Studies.

Aina Puce, Matti S Hämäläinen

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Review in Brain sciences, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 66 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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66citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

66 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 184 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Aina PucePsychological & Brain Sciences, Indiana University, 1101 East 10th St, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA. ainapuce@indiana.edu.
Matti S HämäläinenAthinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA. msh@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu.
Harvard University · USIndiana University Bloomington · US

Funding

Project 4P41EB015896 · NIBIB · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI ROSEN, BRUCE R · 2012 to 2018
$9.8M
Tools for Large-Scale Platform-Independent MEG Data AnalysisR01EB009048 · NIBIB · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI HAMALAINEN, MATTI, LEAHY, RICHARD M · 2009 to 2016
$4.6M
NIBIB NIH HHS P41 EB015896NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB009048
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Electroencephalography (EEG) and magnetoencephalography (MEG) are non-invasive electrophysiological methods, which record electric potentials and magnetic fields due to electric currents in synchronously-active neurons. With MEG being more sensitive to neural activity from tangential currents and EEG being able to detect both radial and tangential sources, the two methods are complementary. Over the years, neurophysiological studies have changed considerably: high-density recordings are becoming de rigueur; there is interest in both spontaneous and evoked activity; and sophisticated artifact detection and removal methods are available. Improved head models for source estimation have also increased the precision of the current estimates, particularly for EEG and combined EEG/MEG. Because of their complementarity, more investigators are beginning to perform simultaneous EEG/MEG studies to gain more complete information about neural activity. Given the increase in methodological complexity in EEG/MEG, it is important to gather data that are of high quality and that are as artifact free as possible. Here, we discuss some issues in data acquisition and analysis of EEG and MEG data. Practical considerations for different types of EEG and MEG studies are also discussed.

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artifactsdata acquisitiondata analysisEEGMEGreference electrodesensor spacesource space

Identifiers

PMID28561761
PMCPMC5483631
OpenAlexW2618190870

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