AUTHORS: Luigi Bianchi
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ABSTRACT: In this manuscript an overview of the features of the NPXLab Suite, is provided. Designed to analyze electroencephalographic data (EEG), it has been successfully used in several scientific publications and downloaded from all over the world. It allows to compute Event Related Potentials, to perform Spectral Analysis, Statistical tests, to analyze Brain-Computer Interface signals as well as to manipulate files in an easy to use environment. Available for free at www.brainterface.com, it supports several different file formats also from commercial EEG/MEG system vendors
KEYWORDS: NPXLab, EEG, MEG, ERP, Spectral Analysis, ICA, File Conversion
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