Lecture 10: Frequency-Based and Advanced Analyses in MEG Flashcards
Last week (L9) we covered
event-related analyses
There are two more ways to analyse MEG activity, aside form event-related analyses, such as - (2)
- Frequency and time-based approaches
- Multivariate approaches
Aside from analyse MEG activity, we can also analyse the
functional connectivity in MEG
The event-related, frequency and time-frequency approaches of MEG data analysis as well as functional connectivity can - (2)
be done in sensor or source space
although connectivity analyses more meaningful in source space
MEG signals is ___ and measured in __ whilst noise (artefacts) are __
A. small, milli Teslas, big
B. small, femtoTeslas, big
C. big, picoTeslas, small
D, big, Teslas, imaginary
B. small, femto Teslas, big
MEG data consists of a matrix (database) of what by what
A. Time by magnitude
B. Magnitude by sensors
C. Time by sensors
D. Sensors by Versace
C. time by sensor
Which of these are important sources of external noise in MEG data? - (2)
A. Earth’s magnetic field and mains electric
B. Mains electric and passing satelites
C. Earths magnetic field and other planets
D. Passing traffic and other people
A Earth;s magnetic field and mains electric
Passing traffic would be source of noise but other people wouldn’t be source of external noise
Which of these are the most important internal sources of noise? - (2)
A. Breathing and heartbeat
B. Heartbeat and swallowing
C. Blinking and heartbeat
D. Blinking and screaming
C. Blinking and heartbeat
Breathing isn’t main ones unless moved around a lot
Low-frequency scanner drift may be removed by a low-pass filter
True or False?
False –> because low pass lets low frequencies through
High-frequency mains artefact may be removed with a low pass filter
True or false
True –> low pass only lets lower frequencies through
A bandpass filter only allows a small range of frequencies through
True or False
False –> la band lets a chunk through and notch fit gets rid of small range
Which of these preprocessing steps should be done first?
A. Filtering
B, Panic
C,Automatic artefact removal
D, Bad channel removal
D. Bad channel removal
It is only appropriate to use event-related analyses if we have?
A. Evoked responses
B. Induced responses
C. Either evoked or induced responses
D. Positive responses
A. evoked responses
MEGS are like EEG ERPs expect they have a more variable
A. Magnitude
B. Personality
C. Time
D. Direction
D. direction - can be positive or negative
Electric potential/magnetic field strength plotted acorss time in MEG and EEG gives us
osciliations -> up and down over time
Oscillations have
cycles - up and down and back up again
Location in a cycle is called a
phase –> 4 different points
Number of cycles per second is equal to
frequency in Hertz
If we have a 5 Hz MEG/EEG signal then it means
If we have a 10 Hz MEG/EEG signal then it means
- (2)
Going at full cycle 5 times per second
Going at full cycle 10 times per second
We can identify brain activity at different frequencies with
MEG or EEG
Diagram of the different frequencies bands that different brain activity can occur in - (2)
Delta 2-4 Hz to low and high gamma
MEG/EEG Data can look at the top - broadband signal which we be broken down into different frequency bands
Diagram of evoked, induced responses or neither and explain them and analysis to do them - (3)
evoked = same response happening on different trials at exactly same timel and peak same time on all trials = time locked (happening at same time) and phase locked (phase -top of peak in all trials) –> event-related
induced responses = time locked ish as all responses happening after lets say 100 ms after stimulus onset but at differet points of a phase (not phase-locked) – >frequency based analyses
Neither =after 100 ms saw response in one trial but another trial saw response at 150 ms and another trial response at 50 ms
Event-related analyses average over the time course meaning they
analyze in the time domain meaning better signal than noise but likely to miss responses that are not evoked (i.e., induced or neither)
Frequency-based analyses do not average the time course and able to
detect any of these response types - like induced , evoked or neither responses
Frequency-based analyses in simple versions just ignores - (2)
time entirely and use whole trials
(e.g., looking trials of seeing face and looking across all of the trials and seeing its frequencies)
Frequency-based analyses simplest version uses the
Fourier transform
The fourier transform calculates the - (2)
average power at each frequency across trials
(strength of oscillations at different frequencies range e.g., alpha, beta)
The outcome of fourier transform is a
power spectrum
Diagram of power spectrum
What is on y and x-axis of power spectrum? - (2)
Y axis is power (which is amplitude squared of magnetic field strength)
X axs is frequency Hz
The power spectrum can be for a
whole sensory array or a specific sensor
Frequency-based analyses ‘s power sectrum can be
compared across conditions (within-subject) or participant groups (between subject)
Fourier transform in Frequency-based analyses ask
in what frequencies are there changes in magnetic field strength
Fourier analysis in frequency based analyses asks:
in what frequencies are there changes in magnetic field strength
This is different question from event-related analyses as
Frequency-based analyses using Fourier transform is not saying when is there a change in amplitude of magnetic field strength but saying in what frequencies are we finding activity (e.g., finding activity for faces at 2Hz)
word
Describe power spectrum graph - (2)
example of 1/f finding that brain activity occurs in lower frequencies than high so this slope down in high frequencies
Also getting big spikes in 9 Hz of alpha band activity and 15 Hz of beta band activity - which can compare across conditions (e.g., face trials or tool trials) or participants grps
In frequency-based analyses using Fourier transform we are analysing in .. which means … - (2)
Analysing ‘in frequency domain’ (not ‘time domain’)
Since we are looking at every frequency
Analysing in ‘time domain’ is what type of analysis?
Event-related analyses
In frequency based analyses using fourier transform
effects don’t have to be….
can detect what kind of responses….
can even do this with …. - (3)
- Effects don’t have to be phase-locked or time-locked to an event
- Can detect evoked, induced or neither responses
- Can even do with runs of resting-state data
Frequency-based analyses response types do not have to be
time-locked or phase-locked
Time-frequency analyses looking at the frequency changes across time in
each trial
Example of time-frequency analyses
Around 100ms is there osciliations in alpha band, around 500 ms is there osciliations in gamma band
The outcome of time-frequency analyses is a
time-frequency plot
What is on y-axis and x-axis of time-frequency plot and colour? - (3)
Y axis is freuency Hz
X axis is Time (s) - (-1 = 1s before stimulus, 1 = 1 second after stimulus)
Colour is power of osciliations at specific frequencies (e.g,, can say at 100ms how strong is 1 Hz frequency)
Time-frequency analyses ask the questtion of
how does activity in different frequencies change over time OR over time what frequencies do we have osciliations in
The time-frequency analyses, red, blue and black in time-frequency plot represents… - (3)
- Red = positive freq change
- Blue = negative freq change
- Black = no freq change
Time-frequency analyses uses a similar method to fourier analysis (breaking things into different frequencies) which is…
more suited to shorter time windows
Time-frequency analyses uses a similar method to Fourier analysis, which is more suited to shorter time windows, called
wavelet decomposition
Time-based freqency analysis does not include
whole trials
Time-frequency analysis using wavelet decomposition analyses both in
time and frequency domains
The wavelet decomposition is performed using
each consecutive time-point
The wavelet decomposition in time-frequency analysis is different to frequency-based analysis Fourier analysis as
responses do need to be time-locked to an event
wavelet decomposition does not need to be … but needs to be
phase-locked but needs to be time-locked
In wavelet decomposition in time-frequency analysis still discard phase term so when we
average the power in each frequency across trials so responses do not have to be phase locked
In time-frequency based analysis wavelet decomposition we average the power in each frequency across trials but do so
per time so respones do need to be time-locked to an event e.g., looking at responses after 500 ms of stimulus