demo meeg timelock searchlight¶
Matlab output: demo_meeg_timelock_searchlight
%% MEEG time-lock searchlight
%
% This example shows MVPA analyses performed on MEEG data.
%
% The input dataset involved a paradigm with electrical median nerve
% stimulation for durations of 2s at 20Hz.
%
% Using a time-channel neighborhood, a searchlight map is computed
% indicating in time and space (channel) the pre-stimulation period can be
% distinguished from the peri/post stimulation period.
%
% The code presented here can be adapted for other MEEG analyses, but
% there are a few potential caveats:
% * assignment of targets (labels of conditions) is based here on
% stimulation periods versus pre-stimulation periods. In typical
% analyses the targets should be based on different trial conditions, for
% example as set a FieldTrip .trialinfo field.
% * assignment of chunks (parts of the data that are assumed to be
% independent) is based on a trial-by-trial basis. For cross-validation,
% the number of chunks is reduced to two to speed up the analysis.
% * the current examples do not perform baseline corrections or signal
% normalizations, which may reduce discriminatory power.
%
% Note: running this code requires FieldTrip.
%
% # For CoSMoMVPA's copyright information and license terms, #
% # see the COPYING file distributed with CoSMoMVPA. #
%% get timelock data in CoSMoMVPA format
% set configuration
config=cosmo_config();
data_path=fullfile(config.tutorial_data_path,'meg_20hz');
% show dataset information
readme_fn=fullfile(data_path,'README');
cosmo_type(readme_fn);
% reset citation list
cosmo_check_external('-tic');
% load data
data_fn=fullfile(data_path,'subj102_B01_20Hz_timelock.mat');
data_tl=load(data_fn);
% convert to cosmomvpa struct
ds_tl=cosmo_meeg_dataset(data_tl);
% set the target (trial condition)
ds_tl.sa.targets=ds_tl.sa.trialinfo(:,1); % 1=pre, 2=post
% set the chunks (independent measurements)
% in this dataset, the first half of the samples (in order)
% are the post-trials;
% the second half the pre-trials
ds_tl.sa.chunks=[(1:145) (1:145)]';
% in addition give a label to each trial
index2label={'pre','post'}; % 1=pre, 2=peri/post
ds_tl.sa.labels=cellfun(@(x)index2label(x),num2cell(ds_tl.sa.targets));
% just to check everything is ok
cosmo_check_dataset(ds_tl);
% get rid of features with at least one NaN value across samples
fa_nan_mask=sum(isnan(ds_tl.samples),1)>0;
fprintf('%d / %d features have NaN\n', ...
sum(fa_nan_mask), numel(fa_nan_mask));
ds_tl=cosmo_slice(ds_tl, ~fa_nan_mask, 2);
%% set MVPA parameters
fprintf('The input has feature dimensions %s\n', ...
cosmo_strjoin(ds_tl.a.fdim.labels,', '));
% set chunks
% again for speed just two chunks
% (targets were already set above)
nchunks=2;
ds_tl.sa.chunks=cosmo_chunkize(ds_tl, nchunks);
% define neighborhood parameters for each dimension
% channel neighborhood uses meg_combined_from_planar, which means that the
% input are planar channels but the output has combined-planar channels.
% to use the magnetometers, use 'meg_axial'
chan_type='meg_combined_from_planar';
chan_count=10; % use 10 channel locations (relative to the combined
% planar channels)
% as we use meg_combined_from_planar there are
% 20 channels in each searchlight because
% gradiometers are paired
time_radius=2; % 2*2+1=5 time bines
% define the neighborhood for each dimensions
chan_nbrhood=cosmo_meeg_chan_neighborhood(ds_tl, 'count', chan_count, ...
'chantype', chan_type);
time_nbrhood=cosmo_interval_neighborhood(ds_tl,'time',...
'radius',time_radius);
% cross neighborhoods for chan-time searchlight
nbrhood=cosmo_cross_neighborhood(ds_tl,{chan_nbrhood,...
time_nbrhood});
% print some info
nbrhood_nfeatures=cellfun(@numel,nbrhood.neighbors);
fprintf('Features have on average %.1f +/- %.1f neighbors\n', ...
mean(nbrhood_nfeatures), std(nbrhood_nfeatures));
% only keep features with at least 10 neighbors
center_ids=find(nbrhood_nfeatures>10);
% for illustration purposes use the split-half measure because it is
% relatively fast - but clasifiers can also be used
measure=@cosmo_correlation_measure;
% split-half, as there are just two chunks
% (when using a classifier, do not use 'half' but the number of chunks to
% leave out for testing, e.g. 1).
measure_args=struct();
measure_args.partitions=cosmo_nchoosek_partitioner(ds_tl,'half');
%% run searchlight
sl_tl_ds=cosmo_searchlight(ds_tl,nbrhood,measure,measure_args,...
'center_ids',center_ids);
%% visualize timeseries results
% deduce layout from output
layout=cosmo_meeg_find_layout(sl_tl_ds);
fprintf('The output uses layout %s\n', layout.name);
% map to FT struct for visualization
sl_tl_ft=cosmo_map2meeg(sl_tl_ds);
figure();
cfg = [];
cfg.interactive = 'yes';
cfg.zlim=[-1 1];
cfg.layout = layout;
% show figure with plots for each sensor
ft_multiplotER(cfg, sl_tl_ft);
%% visualize topology results
% show figure with topology for 0 to 600ms after stimulus onset in bins of
% 100 ms
figure();
cfg.xlim=-0.1:0.1:0.5;
ft_topoplotER(cfg, sl_tl_ft);
%% Show citation information
cosmo_check_external('-cite');