Title
Mapping single-trial EEG records on the cortical surface through a spatiotemporal modality
Abstract
Event-related potentials (ERPs) induced by visual perception and cognitive tasks have been extensively studied in neuropsychological experiments. ERP activities time-locked to stimulus presentation and task performance are often observed separately at individual scalp channels based on averaged time series across epochs and experimental subjects. An analysis using averaged EEG dynamics could discount information regarding interdependency between ongoing EEG and salient ERP features. Advanced tools such as independent component analysis (ICA) have been developed for decomposing collections of single-trial EEG records into separate features. Those features (or independent components) can then be mapped onto the cortical surface using source localization algorithms to visualize brain activation maps and to study between-subject consistency. In this study, we propose a statistical framework for estimating the time course of spatiotemporally independent EEG components simultaneously with their cortical distributions. Within this framework, we implemented Bayesian spatiotemporal analysis for imaging the sources of EEG features on the cortical surface. The framework allows researchers to include prior knowledge regarding spatial locations as well as spatiotemporal independence of different EEG sources. The use of the Electromagnetic Spatiotemporal ICA (EMSICA) method is illustrated by mapping event-related EEG dynamics induced by events in a visual two-back continuous performance task. The proposed method successfully identified several interesting components with plausible corresponding cortical activation topographies, including processes contributing to the late positive complex (LPC) located in central parietal, frontal midline, and anterior cingulate cortex, to atypical mu rhythms associated with the precentral gyrus, and to the central posterior alpha activity in the precuneus.
Year
DOI
Venue
2006
10.1016/j.neuroimage.2006.02.044
NeuroImage
Keywords
Field
DocType
Event-related potentials,ICA,Bayesian spatiotemporal analysis,Inverse problem
Event-related potential,Cognitive psychology,Anterior cingulate cortex,Artificial intelligence,Visual perception,Electroencephalography,Computer vision,Precuneus,Pattern recognition,Elementary cognitive task,Psychology,Independent component analysis,Precentral gyrus
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
32
1
1053-8119
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
10
0.98
11
Authors
8
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Arthur C. Tsai1445.88
Michelle Liou2386.56
Tzyy-Ping Jung31410202.52
Julie A. Onton411917.80
Philip E. Cheng5405.91
Chien-Chih Huang622410.26
Jeng-Ren Duann738439.19
S Makeig81490206.49