A tutorial review of electrical neuroimaging from group-average to single-trial event-related potentials

Dev Neuropsychol. 2012;37(6):518-44. doi: 10.1080/87565641.2011.636851.

Abstract

This tutorial review details some of the recent advances in signal analyses applied to event-related potential (ERP) data. These "electrical neuroimaging" analyses provide reference-independent measurements of response strength and response topography that circumvent statistical and interpretational caveats of canonical ERP analysis methods while also taking advantage of the greater information provided by high-density electrode montages. Electrical neuroimaging can be applied across scales ranging from group-averaged ERPs to single-subject and single-trial datasets. We illustrate these methods with a tutorial dataset and place particular emphasis on their suitability for studies of clinical and/or developmental populations.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Brain / physiology
  • Brain Mapping / methods
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Electrodes
  • Electroencephalography / methods*
  • Evoked Potentials / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Models, Neurological
  • Neuroimaging / methods*