title: [Measuring EEG complexity for studying the state of mental load].
abstract: The complexity defined by Lemple and Ziv (1976) represents the degree of the sequence randomness. In this paper, the complexity of EEG under different mental loads was measured and the relation between the brain active state and the EEG complexity was analyzed. The results showed a statistically strong relation between the mental load and the EEG complexity. Further study showed that the heavier the mental load was the smaller the EEG complexity became. This correlation was especially apparent in the frontal lobe, and the complexity of EEG might be regarded as one of the parameters representing the functional state of the brain. The results indicate that EEG complexity represents the active state of brain in processing information, and the measurement of EEG complexity may provide a new path to the research in the advanced cognitive function of the human brain.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013850:Thinking / Q000502:physiology