EEG changes accompanying learned regulation of 12-Hz EEG activity.

Full Abstract

We analyzed 15 sessions of 64-channel electroencephalographic (EEG) data recorded from a highly trained subject during sessions in which he attempted to regulate power at 12 Hz over his left- and right-central scalp to control the altitude of a cursor moving toward target boxes placed at the top-, middle-, or bottom-right of a computer screen. We used infomax independent component analysis (ICA) to decompose 64-channel EEG data from trials in which the subject successfully up- or down-regulated the measured EEG signals. Applying time-frequency analysis to the time courses of activity of several of the resulting 64 independent EEG components revealed that successful regulation of the measured activity was accompanied by extensive, asymmetrical changes in power and coherence, at both nearby and distant frequencies, in several parts of cortex. A more complete understanding of these phenomena could help to explain the nature and locus of learned regulation of EEG rhythms and might also suggest ways to further optimize the performance of brain-computer interfaces.

Author information

Author/s: Delorme, Arnaud (A); Makeig, Scott (S);

Affiliation: Swartz Center for Computational Neuroscience, Institute for Neural Computation, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla 92093-0961, USA. arno(-atsign-)salk.edu

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

Journal: IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (IEEE Trans Neural Syst Rehabil Eng), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2003-Jun; vol 11 (issue 2) : pp 133-7

Dates: Created 2003/08/05; Completed 2003/09/12; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 12899255, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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