title: Intraindividual specificity and stability of human EEG: comparing a linear vs a nonlinear approach.
abstract: We have applied the so-called "unfolding dimension approach" to reanalyze an earlier longitudinal EEG study. Both linear and nonlinear approaches show that the EEG comprises a static, person-specific part upon which nonstatic and state-specific parts are superimposed. The intraindividual specificity and stability of the genetic part are similar between methods. This is assessed by comparing the outcome of a person to his own outcomes at later times (14 days and 5 years later). The nonlinear method revealed a median correlation coefficient rho = 0.55, whereas advanced linear methods showed a median rho = 0.84. An apparent effect for the 5-year interval was detected with the nonlinear method and is discussed in terms of the different assumptions of the two approaches concerning EEG signal generation.
authors.affiliation: Computer Assisted Physics Group, University of Zürich, Switzerland. rmd@physik_unizh.ch
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Dünki
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Schmid
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Stassen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D005583:Fourier Analysis; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D012016:Reference Values; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*