[FieldTrip] Fwd: mutual information on LCMV virtual channels

[Schoffelen, J.M. (Jan Mathijs)]

Hi Xavier,

I am forwarding your question to the list, this is a better venue to ask your question. More people can chime in and think along.

I am aware that this question has been asked before on the list, and apparently it has not been answered. Perhaps now there is somebody who has time to think along.

Best wishes,
Jan-Mathijs


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From: Xavier Vrijdag <x.vrijdag at auckland.ac.nz<mailto:x.vrijdag at auckland.ac.nz>>
Subject: mutual information on LCMV virtual channels
Date: 25 January 2021 at 02:48:06 CET
To: "jan.schoffelen at donders.ru.nl<mailto:jan.schoffelen at donders.ru.nl>" <jan.schoffelen at donders.ru.nl<mailto:jan.schoffelen at donders.ru.nl>>

Hello Jan-Mathijs,

I am using the mutual information analysis from the IBTB toolbox as incorporated in fieldtrip to run connectivity analysis on resting-state EEG data (32 channels) of participants exposed to narcotic gases. I found an increase in mutual information in the frontal region compared to baseline. I am interested in localizing this effect further, so I set up an LCMV beamformer source localization. However, in the derived time series of the virtual channels, the mutual information effect is completely gone. Could someone help me explain this effect? Could it be that LCMV, in its attempt to calculate the spatial filters, cancels out the mutual information in the EEG signals?

If helpful, I can share the Matlab scripts of the analysis pipeline.

Regards,

Xavier Vrijdag


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