Craddock, M, Martinovic, J and Müller, MM (2016) Accounting for microsaccadic artifacts in the EEG using independent component analysis and beamforming. Psychophysiology, 53 (4). pp. 553-565. ISSN 0048-5772
Abstract
Neuronal activity in the gamma-band range was long considered a marker of object representation. However, scalp-recorded EEG activity in this range is contaminated by a miniature saccade-related muscle artifact. Independent component analysis (ICA) has been proposed as a method of removal of such artifacts. Alternatively, beamforming, a source analysis method in which potential sources of activity across the whole brain are scanned independently through the use of adaptive spatial filters, offers a promising method of accounting for the artifact without relying on its explicit removal. We present here the application of ICA-based correction to a previously published dataset. Then, using beamforming, we examine the effect of ICA correction on the scalp-recorded EEG signal and the extent to which genuine activity is recoverable before and after ICA correction. We find that beamforming attributes much of the scalp-recorded gamma-band signal before correction to deep frontal sources, likely the eye muscles, which generate the artifact related to each miniature saccade. Beamforming confirms that what is removed by ICA is predominantly this artifactual signal, and that what remains after correction plausibly originates in the visual cortex. Thus, beamforming allows researchers to confirm whether their removal procedures successfully removed the artifact. Our results demonstrate that ICA-based correction brings about general improvements in signal-to-noise ratio suggesting it should be used along with, rather than be replaced by, beamforming.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2015, Society for Psychophysiological Research. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Craddock, M, Martinovic, J and Müller, MM (2016) Accounting for microsaccadic artifacts in the EEG using independent component analysis and beamforming. Psychophysiology, 53 (4). pp. 553-565, which has been published in final form at http://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.12593. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. |
Keywords: | EEG; Oscillation/time frequency analyses; Visual processes |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Psychology (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 24 May 2016 14:17 |
Last Modified: | 05 Dec 2016 16:20 |
Published Version: | http://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.12593 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/psyp.12593 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:96796 |