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A method for estimating long-range power law correlations from the electroencephalogram
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Watters, PA and Martin, F, A method for estimating long-range power law correlations from the electroencephalogram, Biological Psychology, 66, (1) pp. 79-89. ISSN 0301-0511 (2004) [Refereed Article]
DOI: doi:10.1016/j.biopsycho.2003.09.001
Abstract
Recent research has found long-range electroencephalogram (EEG) power law correlations, indicating time scale invariance. However, the EEG is also rather noisy, displaying short-term decorrelation like white noise - i.e., what is scale invariant at one time period may disappear in the next. The paradoxical combination of short-range divergence, but long-range correlations, suggests that any long-range correlations detected in one sample may be spurious, since they could be related to amplitude fluctuations. To overcome this problem, this paper suggests a new technique for analysing EEG signals segmented by zero-crossings, using detrended fluctuation analysis (DFA), evaluated across two time periods (TIME) and different sites (SITE). A mean scaling exponent across all subjects and sites of α=0.67 was observed. MANOVA analysis indicates no significant main effect for TIME or interaction with SITE, suggesting that the zero-crossing method may be successful in determining the fractal nature of EEG dynamics across relatively long time scales. © 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Psychology |
Research Group: | Biological psychology |
Research Field: | Behavioural neuroscience |
Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in psychology |
UTAS Author: | Martin, F (Associate Professor Frances Martin) |
ID Code: | 29284 |
Year Published: | 2004 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 17 |
Deposited By: | Psychology |
Deposited On: | 2004-08-01 |
Last Modified: | 2005-04-27 |
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