The MPI EEG labs

Our on-site EEG labs were built in 2008 (room 146/147) and 2015 (room A107 in the new wing). Here are our labs' major features:

• Four combinable 32-channel BrainAmps DC amplifiers, ActiCap active electrode systems with EasyCap-manufactured MPI custom 36-, 64- and 128-electrode montages, as well as ActiCap standard 10-20 montages, an additional biosignal amplifier (BP ExG), and Brain Vision Recorder software.
• Fully shielded soundproof experiment rooms with climate-control, adjustable color-mixture lighting system, and high-quality video-monitoring and -recording of the participant.
• Brain Vision Analyzer for standard ERP analysis, FieldTrip for more advanced analyses (e.g., time-frequency, coherence, and statistical cluster randomization tests)
• Stimuli presented with Presentation coupled to high-quality audio and video display equipment
• Eye tracking facilities (EyeLink 1000) for simultaneous EEG and eye movement recording.

 

An overview picture of the lab, seen from the control room, with a participant sitting in the experiment room.

The official opening of the first on-site EEG lab, by Neurobiology of Language Dept. director Peter Hagoort, December 19, 2008.   The official opening of the second EEG lab took place on June 10, 2015 by Her Royal Highness Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands.

 

Original lab development team:

• Jos van Berkum (user input during development)
• Johan Weustink (technical infrastructure)
• Gerd Klaas (technical infrastructure)
• Jacquelijn Ringersma (technical infrastructure)
• Erik van den Boogert (technical infrastructure, DI-CCN)
• Petra van Alphen, Dieuwke de Goede, Emma Mulder (styling)