Nonparametric statistical testing of EEG- and MEG-data

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 177-190

  Maris, Eric ^a,b   Oostenveld, Robert ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

EEG; Hypothesis testing; MEG; Multiple comparisons problem; Nonparametric statistical testing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NULL HYPOTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 34250769088     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2007.03.024     Document Type: Article

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