title: Factor analysis and computerized EEG: preliminary data on schizophrenic patients.
abstract: Factor Analysis can extract salient features from EEG data and reduce redundancy of multi-channel computerized EEG data. A 16-channel computerized frequency analysis of background brain electrical activity during 3 functional conditions (eyes closed, eyes open and hyperventilation) was carried out in two groups, fifty healthy subjects and twenty-three schizophrenics. The power log-transformed relative values of normal subjects and schizophrenic patients were submitted to Factor Analysis and the resulting factor scores were compared. Schizophrenics showed EEG abnormalities in delta 2, theta 1 and alpha 2 bands for the first factor, accounting for the eyes closed condition, and in theta 2 and beta 2 bands for the second factor, accounting for the eyes open condition. This preliminary study demonstrates the utility of Factor Analysis in managing and comparing computerized EEG data.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical and Technological Sciences, University of Milan Medical School, Istituto Scientifico San Raffaele, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Locatelli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De Angeli
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Leone
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Grassi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Scarone
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006985:Hyperventilation / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014785:Vision, Ocular