Getting started with EEG

[celtic_harp]

Hello all,
As a newbie that just got my Ganglion board, I would like to read as much as I can about EEG. That includes: books or scientific articles about EEG in general, neurofeedback, ERP (from the theoritical prospective to the practical as well, but I’m afraid that 4 channels is considered too little to play with ERP).

So far I have gathered/read these that I found really helpful:

https://imotions.com/blog/eeg/
http://www.measurement.sk/2002/S2/Teplan.pdf
http://www.ebme.co.uk/articles/clinical-engineering/56-introduction-to-eeg
https://irenevigueguix.wordpress.com/ (really liked the post about mu waves!)

I know it’s kind of “too general” post but I would really appreciate your response.

[curiositry]

Good question @celtic_harp. Most of the resources I’ve found focus either on the clinical or theoretical side of things: there seems to be a shortage of resources for amateur neuroscience. But here are a few things that might be handy:

• John N. Demos’s “Getting Started with Neurofeedback isn’t 100% on-target (it’s aimed at people setting up a clinical neurofeedback practice) but it has some good info.

• Chip Audette had written some excellent OpenBCI tutorials on his EEGHacker blog

• This curated list of BCI resources is a jumping off point to a lot of good material.

• If you haven’t gone through the Wikipedia articles on the topic, it’s at least useful for getting an overview of the field.

I started a series on the topic when I first noticed the dearth of educational material aimed at DIY neurogeeks. I put it on hold when I started doing actual experiments, but I’m planning to pick it up again, and polish & publish the final four posts, in the near future.

I’ll check my bookmarks for other books and articles that might be of interest.

[celtic_harp]

Thank you, yes, that would be very helpful.
I already started studying the resources you mentioned… thank you!

[synaptic0]

@celtic_harp

books or scientific articles about EEG in general, neurofeedback, ERP (from the theoritical prospective to the practical as well, but I’m afraid that 4 channels is considered too little to play with ERP)

Hello @celtic_harp,

I can suggest you a little bibliography largely “tested” in educational activities regarding eeg and erp.

As starting points to be introduced to EEG/ERP studies:

• Ernst Niedermeyere (2005) - Electroencephalography, 5th Edition.

• Kamel Nidal & Aamir Saeed Malik (2014) - EEG/ERP Analysis - Methods and Applications.

• Sacid Sanei & J. A. Chambers (2007) - EEG Signal Processing.

Regarding Neurofeedback and more advanced readings::

• Budzynski T.H., Budzynski H.K., Evans J.R., Abarbanel A. (2008) - Introduction to Quantitative EEG and Neurofeedback - Advanced Theory and Applications.

• Fengyu Cong (2015) - Advanced Signal Processing on Brain Event-Related Potentials - Filtering ERPs in Time, Frequency and Space Domains Sequentially and Simultaneously.

@celtic_harp

I’m afraid that 4 channels is considered too little to play with ERP.

This is not a “rule”.
A good placement allows you to have a good probability to fetch something.

[celtic_harp]

Thank you very much for your recommendations. I am now about to finish Demos’ book and I think the next one will be EEG/ERP Analysis - Methods and Applications.
Introduction to Quantitative EEG and Neurofeedback also seems interesting but quite more advanced for my level.
Thank you again!