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- Title
On the Keyhole Hypothesis: High Mutual Information between Ear and Scalp EEG.
- Authors
Mikkelsen, Kaare B.; Kidmose, Preben; Hansen, Lars K.
- Abstract
We propose and test the keyhole hypothesis—that measurements from low dimensional EEG, such as ear-EEG reflect a broadly distributed set of neural processes. We formulate the keyhole hypothesis in information theoretical terms. The experimental investigation is based on legacy data consisting of 10 subjects exposed to a battery of stimuli, including alpha-attenuation, auditory onset, and mismatch-negativity responses and a new medium-long EEG experiment involving data acquisition during 13 h. Linear models were estimated to lower bound the scalp-to-ear capacity, i.e., predicting ear-EEG data from simultaneously recorded scalp EEG. A cross-validation procedure was employed to ensure unbiased estimates. We present several pieces of evidence in support of the keyhole hypothesis: There is a high mutual information between data acquired at scalp electrodes and through the ear-EEG “keyhole,” furthermore we show that the view—represented as a linear mapping—is stable across both time and mental states. Specifically, we find that ear-EEG data can be predicted reliably from scalp EEG. We also address the reverse view, and demonstrate that large portions of the scalp EEG can be predicted from ear-EEG, with the highest predictability achieved in the temporal regions and when using ear-EEG electrodes with a common reference electrode.
- Subjects
ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; STANDARD hydrogen electrode; SENSE organs; HEAD; SCIENTIFIC method
- Publication
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2017, p1
- ISSN
1662-5161
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3389/fnhum.2017.00341