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EEG and Brain Connectivity: A Tutorial - Bio-Medical Instruments, Inc.

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Fig. 4 – The correlation coefficient (<strong>and</strong> coherence) includes at least two possible<br />

couplings <strong>and</strong> mixtures of these two types of coupling: 1- where neuron A<br />

influences neuron B <strong>and</strong> vice versa <strong>and</strong>, 2- where a third neuron ‘C’ influences<br />

neuron A <strong>and</strong> neuron B <strong>and</strong> there is no connection between A <strong>and</strong> B. Comodulation<br />

omits the st<strong>and</strong>ard ‘C’ possibility <strong>and</strong> is limited to where neuron A<br />

influences neuron B <strong>and</strong> vice versa. The limitation of the term “comodulation” is<br />

that without partial correlation analyses or path analyses it is not possible to omit<br />

coupling number 2 which means that the term comodulation can be misleading<br />

unless these additional analyses are conducted.<br />

As discussed by Pikovsky et al (2003) the term modulation is<br />

complicated <strong>and</strong> it is possible for there to be modulation without<br />

synchronization <strong>and</strong> synchronization without modulation. As stated by<br />

Pikovsky et al (2003, p. 77) “Generally, modulation without synchronization<br />

is observed when a force affects oscillations, but cannot adjust their<br />

frequency.” Without further analyses to determine this distinction it is best<br />

to simply refer to amplitude or power correlation.<br />

The distinguishing characteristic of the application of the Pearson<br />

product correlation coefficient is the computation of the time course of the<br />

normalized covariance of spectra over an interval of time:

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