Cited by 1,127EEG and Brain-Computer InterfacesNeural dynamics and brain functionNeuroscience and Neural Engineering

Topographic ERP Analyses: A Step-by-Step Tutorial Review

Open access
Murray, Micah M., Brunet, Denis, Michel, Christoph M.·2008·Brain Topography

Abstract

In this tutorial review, we detail both the rationale for as well as the implementation of a set of analyses of surface-recorded event-related potentials (ERPs) that uses the reference-free spatial (i.e. topographic) information available from high-density electrode montages to render statistical information concerning modulations in response strength, latency, and topography both between and within experimental conditions. In these and other ways these topographic analysis methods allow the experimenter to glean additional information and neurophysiologic interpretability beyond what is available from canonical waveform analyses. In this tutorial we present the example of somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) in response to stimulation of each hand to illustrate these points. For each step of these analyses, we provide the reader with both a conceptual and mathematical description of how the analysis is carried out, what it yields, and how to interpret its statistical outcome. We show that these topographic analysis methods are intuitive and easy-to-use approaches that can remove much of the guesswork often confronting ERP researchers and also assist in identifying the information contained within high-density ERP datasets.

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

A few free checks a day · papers already verified open instantly · results are public

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.1007/s10548-008-0054-5

Cites

70 of 70 references verified0 citation errors · 0 not checkable

Statistics

Claims the paper makes

The claims and statistics of this paper haven’t been checked yet.

Run the check — free, no account needed. It reads the open-access text and checks the sources it cites.

A few free checks a day · papers already verified open instantly · results are public

Claims other papers make about this one

Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?

  • Overall global field power (GFP) was calculated to specify and/or validate a predefined timeframe of interest via assessing overall peak latency of the components of interest.

    “First, we calculated overall global field power (GFP)65–67 to specify and/or validate a predefined timeframe of interest via assessing overall peak latency of the components of interest.”

    From Event-related potentials of automatic imitation are modulated by ethnicity during stimulus processing, but not during motor execution (2018) · cites this paper as [67]

    The “Global Field Power” section describes GFP as a waveform over time that can be assessed using peak measures, supporting its use to examine peak latency. It does not explicitly say that GFP peaks specify or validate a predefined timeframe of interest. Page numbers are unavailable in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.78)

    Experimental — accuracy not yet measured

Self-check

Percentages, sums and reported differences re-computed from the paper’s own numbers.

The self-check needs the paper’s full text.

Cites

Flagged first, then by citations

Research works printed but not linked: 5

  1. Baillet S, Mosher JC, Leahy RM. Electromagnetic brain map- ping. IEEE Signal Process Mag. 2001;18(16):14-30.
  2. De Lucia M, Michel CM, Clarke S, Murray MM. Single-subject EEG analysis based on topographic information. Int J Bioelec- tromagnet. 2007;9:168-71.
  3. Fender DH. Source localisation of brain electrical activity. In: Gevins AS, Remond A, editors. Handbook of electroencepha- lography and clinical neurophysiology, vol. 1: methods of analysis of brain electrical and magnetic signals. Amsterdam: Elsevier; 1987. pp. 355-99.
  4. Martuzzi R, Murray MM, Meuli RA, Thiran JP, Maeder PP, Michel CM, Menendez RGP, Andino SLG. A new analytical method to investigate frequency-and region-dependant relation- ships between estimated LFPs and BOLD responses in humans; 2008. In review.
  5. Pegna AJ, Khateb A, Spinelli L, Seeck M, Landis T, Michel CM. Unravelling the cerebral dynamics of mental imagery. Hum Brain Mapp. 1997;5:410-21.

Cited by

Sorted by citations

Authors
Murray, M. M., Brunet, D., & Michel, C. M.
Affiliations
  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CH)
  • University of Geneva (CH)
Corresponding author
Murray, Micah M.
Venue
Brain Topography
Published
2008-03-18
Volume
20
Issue
4
Pages
249-264
ISSN
  • 0896-0267 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-6792
OpenAlex
W2098418070
Cited by
1,127
References
70
Citations by year
2026: 60 · 2025: 90 · 2024: 72 · 2023: 80 · 2022: 78 · 2021: 85 · 2020: 80 · 2019: 73 · 2018: 60 · 2017: 61 · 2016: 47 · 2015: 59 · 2014: 56 · 2013: 54 · 2012: 43
FWCI
21.94
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Brain Topography (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • SERVAL (Université de Lausanne) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • reroDoc Digital Library (submittedVersion)
  • IRIS (submittedVersion)
  • Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • National Science Foundation
  • Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (118419, 111783)
  • Fondation Leenaards
  • Centre d'Imagerie BioMédicale
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
Keywords
topographic analysis, event-related potentials, reference-free analysis, high-density electrode arrays, somatosensory evoked potentials, hand stimulation, ERP latency, ERP topography
MeSH terms
Brain Mapping, Electrodes, Electroencephalography, Evoked Potentials, Humans, Reaction Time, Reference Values

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review