Open EEG methods and infrastructure

Swartz Center for Computational Neuroscience

SCCN develops open electrophysiological methods, interoperable data infrastructure, and computational neuroscience research linking neural dynamics to cognition, behavior, clinical state, and human experience.

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Computational neuroscience laboratory

A full stack for EEG science

SCCN connects EEGLAB, NEMAR, HED, shared datasets, scalable computation, independent component analysis, source modeling, quality control, and reproducible workflows into infrastructure for mature data-intensive EEG research.

Methods

Open tools and data systems

Core SCCN methods support analysis, annotation, data access, and reproducible EEG workflows.

EEGLAB

EEGLAB is an open-source MATLAB environment for processing continuous and event-related EEG, MEG, and related electrophysiological data. It combines an interactive graphical interface with an extensive scripting and plug

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NEMAR

NEMAR connects BIDS-formatted EEG, MEG, and iEEG datasets with OpenNeuro, quality visualization, and high-performance computing through SDSC and NSG. Browse and search openly shared EEG/MEG/iEEG datasets Validate metadat

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HED

Hierarchical Event Descriptors make experimental events machine-actionable and comparable across datasets by adding standardized, extensible event annotation. Visit HED ↗

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Research

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To take advantage of recent and ongoing advances in intensive and large-scale co

To take advantage of recent and ongoing advances in intensive and large-scale computational methods, and to preserve the scientific data created by publicly funded research projects, data archives must be created as well as standards for specifying, identifyin

Modeling long-range brain interactions during affective processing

Modeling long-range brain interactions during affective processing. We are using independent component analysis (ICA) and time/frequency analysis techniques to study a phenomenon we have detected in high-dimensional EEG data, theta band synchronization events

EEG dynamics of emotional processing

EEG dynamics of emotional processing. We are studying EEG dynamics during 3-5 minute periods when the subject actively imagines a situation provoking a suggested emotion, attempting to recreate the bodily feelings associated with the emotion. First results on

EEGLAB + NEMAR

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News

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SFN 2025 Open House

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Neuroscience 2023

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