Recommendations of Validation (RoV) Pee ees Cece CR Rios Se i a as Oeics Sed oe nO ea ee Cee ne ee nae ieee Ree eT} and behind the ears. Once you are done recording use the following tests to assure you have a good recording, SS i ie a as Bee ce ee Cy PetesRecommendations of Validation (RoV) Pee ees Cece CR Rios SS i ie a as Table of Contents: eC eae eee eg Pe eo eR ee oe Sent cm es ea CeO NE numa a er IC mg 6 - What does NaN stand for and how to avoid it in Muse Monitor 7 - What brainwaves are and how does EEG work Ce Cec u i Rae cme Teo Rs CORUM RUE dea aCe Please don't hesitate to contact me (Email: 7@se7enVisions.com) if you have ideas and suggestions. Se i ie a Ss ANS eR ON EL edd Solace OU Cec Lp EC oR U CRORE AUS UW ROMO RIC Re ane Ce eee eer ce eee ry eee eos Colerereoanrer ete]ORC Mt acre cated Pee ec eee ae ce Res zoomed in graphics on the right being in Pe tau care ene 50 or 60 Hz mark is not giving any Senos What you shouldn't see? CON eet Me) ASR ae cee ey rel Rei CCRCuR ae Tatra 120 V grid spikes. The interferences are in Can enter henry femme lath PLO Le: Lyd TE neater See eee Coen a Cee ae a aU ROTM teu magica Pear ate a Tile Pe ce eR cca Dn Curd etre Rea een eae uci Peet seu cae Reece eur ni CSR a lela Leon ea teas ener PROC I Re at cae aed Pee eck a Cee setter) is grounded. Don't sit close to an outlet or any ua Cea a metmeme scr) speaker. Keep distance to electronic devices. Cee Rete ami Nee ce Rage eR ay switching the graph to Discrete. Perea Om eet UNC Reel feet ene eects Transform (FFT) of the RAW data PRC RLS UTE sd TAOS EER ea Cac COR eau eR ea EasHow to ensure best possible signal quality? Graph Switcher < @ tL } DR RUT IC iid Oe en eter Te RUN Recast a cetis PTE ace CRC ec Reais Grete UR ete aaa Cc) eer tua neon Cetera Gea eens oe Cee oes gcse) anaes ts Cee EO RN aise vin ee Renee eer Wenner mec uartin Picture 4: All sensors have a thin line. Donen ee TC eonaa URS Cae Ut! therefore the recording can collect ie ees ecole cies Cc Cn eee ear ecg Caer kn cea acs ea ounce ee Sree ese uaet cue Therefore | would recommend to do this Stee ura ec Cnt) Oneal ea Race eee enon How to prepare for a Muse session? Muse is a sensitive device and it requires good contact with your skin to detect your brain signals. Se Raia om RSC Senora enc Ra ec) 2. Check the horseshoe if all colors are filled up. See eae nee as 4, Add a touch of water on the headband's sensors to eee 5. Make sure your skin and headband are clean. Make-up Cae eee nny Sea ek eee Rca eee eC Ree Cee UE Ree a ee Oa ee Ce) Sees en cn Pe a eee) Seen Re 8. Check the Notch frequency in settings. Set it to your eee eR oe eco Cee eC Rae ee BL ee eins ee eer eee amis i ) M | 1 Wire Te 5 | cat | Ee = = 3 } ™ mo i |How to validate your Muse Monitor recording? Pree a ee Pee Cees Cec ory Seer er ow Good recordings should be in a 40-80 [lV deviation Re CCE T IT would recommend an image blending software to blend the graph into the RAW. TORR oe RC Lae BU eee eee een DOR eR ae M CT ed ese a Tee cae Tk moving my eyes and blinking which translates eee ee ae cs Se Ree ae Cea) Cae Oe ac graph EVEN though it produced some bigger errors in RAW. See Ee Lek Cree ean ERs Zooming in on errors Lee SL ed Upload your CSV to https://musemonitor.com/Chart. php Sere RG What is RAW? een eee microVolts(iV), the range of which is {0:~1682}. Se ea een ‘A good recording should have a deviation of 40-80 pV. Te eee ceca Na RR SR eS Cd Aen CeCe UE Rue ni oy Comparing|graph] to RA\ Image blending RAW with graph TR Rice oo Rar u tao ace or other electronic sources away from the Muse, eo eee ee a a bit of rubbing alcohol to get rid of facial oils. Sees RC er Ms ee Rm soe Ceara eee ey Oe en kee aces Reems Cu une ke a eS Pe eer aed SRP REV ACR eae Soa eee} MUU Res eee aS aL Ce en ete cca eRe eek teHow to identify minute sleep How to check for sleep patterns? Cn meV AC ee een ena) ieee eee eae eT | would highly recommend to also switch to "HSV" eee ee What did | test? PEE cc nO hae en CMe ecs Stage 1 - occurs mostly in the beginning of sleep, with slow eye movement. Re ec OC ec er DO Reed eet ks oe ices eae eR CR aac PON Rae RRC atl? Ee enue Sek ene ke es Pe ee ei een Rese eenea WAU aR else ee ee Pee nre ecco General wave separation. PA Maen Because | was mainly interested in the beginning of eR eae kay DORR ie ook oe eC) Sa es Re Lee One nen Rtas ety Meee Ree Tenn eet eet) eM aled Nae ee een oe ns Oc nD arse Rac Nae) Ce EEO ae sate Cu Re ae eee SURO accu ese eee Cra aR eMC MEEHow to identify Jaw clenches and too high Gamma Fredo avTealjere ToMDIEKeTy Soe TNE ABA) How to check for Jaw clench errors? eee ac te tenance aay erent tt eae Rt ts and switch on Data Markers which will show the "J" in your graph. re aCe near) As always | recommend to check RAW (<-- left picture) for errors. What did I test? See eect aac ear Cee tet ae ee ee eee eee ee a very high gamma and a lot of J Errors. Teen a on ake What are J-Errors and Blink-Errors? Fee ena ce ns Blink-Errors: Blinking eyes (open eye meditation) Blink errors happen usually in the beginning and end of your Rec ee cne ee men} DeWeese Wtaekur ated Because J or Blink both alter significantly the graph Some recordings had up to 42% errors in my checks Eee ance eee cme can contaminate the EEG. So keep your mouth, face, neck SCP eee eee tice eerWhat does NaN stand for and how to avoid ta oO a Ee PER aco nce SOC ona usu eae Te OR Rr eae EERE are eC ees Cs Cc CON Re eae ey ICC a cued STEN Ud Pees eee ny ees eee word NaN in the graph and RAW. The screenshots on the right are from before the error Pee ee ei UTR aed Ue tReet aM ees NaN will from now on show automatically if you upload the CSV to generate the graph a Ld PE aan Sen Ra a Roe esc) eee eee cee ecoe Cc} Re Ne er ec ee Ce ae Cu ne ceca Ca em a ee ce (e.g. headphones) is preventing data from being received. What it will look like now Pee ne ecu ed RO anneal ea EEL As you can see on the left check always if you see the Tea acc une ae Ce Ce Rein na Pe Cane ene Pe RCL On Ce Tart NaN will most likely give you a very parallel brainwave Per ec one How can you avoid this error? eee a ea reat erect cear Make sure you use the headband not with too many Creme eee lle oe a ECR Sean ee ec r See eeeWhat are brainwaves and how does EEG work RVers Res eee nu tg CN aio Cee cue) into five bands and each of the 4 sensors of the Muse detects all five bands. Tore Dec un OR Cis ia CeCe APUG transmit a RAW feed of all 5 bands. This RAW feed get's splitted back into all 5 brainwaves through a process called FFT. era ace Ct aed computes or converts a signal from its original representation in the frequency domain and vice Ree Rae eee ee ee Cres es 5 5 p Dea a — 5 c p Dt senecnsntine Senet 0 Seco O Peer Muse is a wearable brain sensing headband which has been used in many research projects. ae eee een aUc) Cee etic SO tne What is EEG? een aes ce method to record this electrical activity of the brain. What are brainwaves? Brainwaves are rhythmic fluctuations or repetitive SOR Re ea gc Cee eee ati va FFT example: Pee ea ee Re en RAW which later gets split into 5 through FFT extraction. Pe Rect Cee eee Re Rony Peo Cee nko absolute band powers, based on the logarithm of the Ree eee ea usec ocd each channel. Or better known as dB Decibel See a Cte se ee US Ree ec Ce eee one enc Re RuCe Ten This is only a very basic introduction into brainwaves, ene eee eee Deen Oe ea ae See Ta ce eee Ne Ue ee eee Raat Ue eo Cue ena Ne eae ee aaUnderstanding the different brainwaves PETS Eg Sete nace descriptions in practice things are far more complex Seed nee ee ee ou) Cte er Mee Meg CT Re ee Pe Dee ea asp SS eet aay Bat no SU RU RC ce Please use this information as a rough guidline. DELTA WAVES (.5 TO 3 HZ) Dee RS eee ee ee uc eee TT Ce MR ec eee ee ieee i ce acon ce eMac THETA WAVES (3 TO 8 HZ) Seg ee oe eC ce memory and intuition as our senses are withdrawn from the extemal world and focused on signals originating from within. It is that twilight state between being awake and drifting off to sleep. In theta we are in a dream, vivid imagery, intuition and information beyond our normal conscious awareness. ALPHA WAVES (8 TO 12 HZ) Alpha waves are dominant during quietly flowing thoughts and in some meditative states. Alpha is assosiated ST a Re nae i ie RR Ree TC Se Ce me BETA WAVES (12 TO 38 HZ) Cee ue Ra cee ese Re Rune eee kee ay tasks and the outside world. Beta is assosiated with being alert, attentive, engaged, focused or decision making. Cea aM CO NOTE! Muse does record these waves but they will be calculated as Beta only and not further split by the FFT. eT aero Re ee ca ee associated mostly with quiet, focused, introverted concentration, CCCs ee ce ea ec ne Cee Eee Once ee es ee Continual high frequency processing is not a very efficient way to run the brain as it takes a Cee eer CPM Ea ee 7a) Gamma waves are the fastest of brainwaves, and relate to simultaneous processing of information from eI Cen Ce Gamma was dismissed as ‘spare brain noise’ until researchers discovered it not too long ago and how it is CDE Ree Spare eS ke Ree CE Ree eee ie ec una