Derivatives and ERP specifications🔗

Derivatives by task🔗

HBCD-EEG-Utilities.m computes the following derivatives for each task:

Task Derivatives
FACE SME, Mean amplitude
MMN SME, Mean amplitude
VEP SME, Mean amplitude, Adaptive mean, Peak latency
RS Absolute power (μV²), Power (dB), Natural log power

Click here to view descriptions of each task.

  • Mean amplitude: Mean amplitude (μV) during specified measurement window.

  • Adaptive mean: Adaptive mean amplitude is calculated by finding the peak during the specified time window and averaging the amplitude across all sampling points within 1 standard deviation of the peak.

  • Peak latency: Latency (ms) to the peak amplitude during the specified time window.

  • SME: Standardized Measurement Error (SME) is a universal measure of data quality for ERP data. See Luck et al., 2021 for more information.

  • Power: Absolute power (μV²), power (dB), and natural log power for each frequency bin ranging from 1-50Hz.

Regions of Interest (ROIs)🔗

See below for the ROIs that are used to compute ERPs. The full list of ROIs can also be found on the GitHub repository for HBCD-MADE.

ROI clusters

Task Derivatives🔗

Please note that most ERPs are scored using age-dependent time-windows. ERPs are computed separately for all task conditions in the FACE and MMN task. See tables below for details. ERP derivatives for the MMN, FACE, and VEP tasks contain the following components at the specified time windows and ROIs:

FACE ERP Derivatives🔗

Task Component Time window ROI Age
FACE P1 75-125 ms Oz 3-9
FACE N290 200-390 ms P8 3-6
FACE N290 200-340 ms P8 6-9
FACE N290 200-390 ms P7 3-6
FACE N290 200-340 ms P7 6-9
FACE N290 200-390 ms Oz 3-6
FACE N290 200-340 ms Oz 6-9
FACE P400 400-600 ms Oz 3-6
FACE P400 350-600 ms Oz 6-9
FACE Nc 300-650 ms FCz 3-9

MMN ERP Derivatives🔗

Task Conditions Time window ROI Age
MMN PreDeviant, Deviant, Standard 200-400 ms t7t8 3-9
MMN PreDeviant, Deviant, Standard 200-400 ms f7f8 3-9
MMN PreDeviant, Deviant, Standard 200-400 ms FCz 3-9
  • Users are advised to score the amplitude of the Mismatch Response (MMR) component by subtracting the amplitude of PreDeviant trials from Deviant trials.

VEP ERP Derivatives🔗

Task Component Time window ROI Age
VEP N1 40-79 ms Oz 3-6
VEP N1 40-79 ms Oz 6-9
VEP P1 80-140 ms Oz 3-6
VEP P1 80-120 ms Oz 6-9
VEP N2 141-300 ms Oz 3-6
VEP N2 121-170 ms Oz 6-9

RS Power Derivatives🔗

Power values are calculated as follows:


Absolute Power (μV²) = (μV²  / Hz)

Log Power  = log10 (1 + (μV²  / Hz))

Power (dB) = 10 × log10 (μV² / Hz)