mne.EpochsArray¶

class mne.EpochsArray(data, info, events=None, tmin=0, event_id=None, reject=None, flat=None, reject_tmin=None, reject_tmax=None, baseline=None, proj=True, verbose=None)¶

Epochs object from numpy array

Parameters:

data : array, shape (n_epochs, n_channels, n_times) The channels’ time series for each epoch. info : instance of Info Info dictionary. Consider using create_info to populate this structure. events : None | array of int, shape (n_events, 3) The events typically returned by the read_events function. If some events don’t match the events of interest as specified by event_id, they will be marked as ‘IGNORED’ in the drop log. If None (default), all event values are set to 1 and event time-samples are set to range(n_epochs). tmin : float Start time before event. If nothing provided, defaults to -0.2. event_id : int | list of int | dict | None The id of the event to consider. If dict, the keys can later be used to access associated events. Example: dict(auditory=1, visual=3). If int, a dict will be created with the id as string. If a list, all events with the IDs specified in the list are used. If None, all events will be used with and a dict is created with string integer names corresponding to the event id integers. reject : dict | None Rejection parameters based on peak-to-peak amplitude. Valid keys are ‘grad’ | ‘mag’ | ‘eeg’ | ‘eog’ | ‘ecg’. If reject is None then no rejection is done. Example: reject = dict(grad=4000e-13, # T / m (gradiometers) mag=4e-12, # T (magnetometers) eeg=40e-6, # V (EEG channels) eog=250e-6 # V (EOG channels) ) flat : dict | None Rejection parameters based on flatness of signal. Valid keys are ‘grad’ | ‘mag’ | ‘eeg’ | ‘eog’ | ‘ecg’, and values are floats that set the minimum acceptable peak-to-peak amplitude. If flat is None then no rejection is done. reject_tmin : scalar | None Start of the time window used to reject epochs (with the default None, the window will start with tmin). reject_tmax : scalar | None End of the time window used to reject epochs (with the default None, the window will end with tmax). baseline : None or tuple of length 2 (default None) The time interval to apply baseline correction. If None do not apply it. If baseline is (a, b) the interval is between “a (s)” and “b (s)”. If a is None the beginning of the data is used and if b is None then b is set to the end of the interval. If baseline is equal to (None, None) all the time interval is used. Correction is applied by computing mean of the baseline period and subtracting it from the data. The baseline (a, b) includes both endpoints, i.e. all timepoints t such that a <= t <= b. proj : bool | ‘delayed’ Apply SSP projection vectors. See mne.Epochs for details. verbose : bool, str, int, or None If not None, override default verbose level (see mne.verbose). Defaults to raw.verbose.

See also

io.RawArray, EvokedArray, create_info

Attributes

ch_names	Channel names
compensation_grade	The current gradient compensation grade
proj
tmax
tmin

Methods

__contains__(ch_type)	Check channel type membership
__getitem__(item)	Return an Epochs object with a copied subset of epochs
__hash__()	Hash the object
__iter__()	Function to make iteration over epochs easy
__len__()	The number of epochs
add_channels(add_list[, force_update_info])	Append new channels to the instance.
add_eeg_average_proj(\*args, \*\*kwargs)	Warning DEPRECATED: This function is deprecated and will be removed in 0.14. Use set_eeg_reference() instead.
add_proj(projs[, remove_existing, verbose])	Add SSP projection vectors
anonymize()	Anonymize measurement information in place.
apply_baseline([baseline, verbose])	Baseline correct epochs
apply_proj()	Apply the signal space projection (SSP) operators to the data.
average([picks])	Compute average of epochs
copy()	Return copy of Epochs instance
crop([tmin, tmax])	Crops a time interval from epochs object.
decimate(decim[, offset])	Decimate the epochs
del_proj(idx)	Remove SSP projection vector
drop(indices[, reason, verbose])	Drop epochs based on indices or boolean mask
drop_bad([reject, flat, verbose])	Drop bad epochs without retaining the epochs data.
drop_channels(ch_names)	Drop some channels
drop_log_stats([ignore])	Compute the channel stats based on a drop_log from Epochs.
equalize_event_counts(event_ids[, method, copy])	Equalize the number of trials in each condition
get_data()	Get all epochs as a 3D array
interpolate_bads([reset_bads, mode])	Interpolate bad MEG and EEG channels.
iter_evoked()	Iterate over epochs as a sequence of Evoked objects
load_data()	Load the data if not already preloaded
next([return_event_id])	Iterate over epoch data.
pick_channels(ch_names)	Pick some channels
pick_types([meg, eeg, stim, eog, ecg, emg, ...])	Pick some channels by type and names
plot([picks, scalings, n_epochs, ...])	Visualize epochs
plot_drop_log([threshold, n_max_plot, ...])	Show the channel stats based on a drop_log from Epochs
plot_image([picks, sigma, vmin, vmax, ...])	Plot Event Related Potential / Fields image
plot_projs_topomap([ch_type, layout, axes])	Plot SSP vector
plot_psd([fmin, fmax, tmin, tmax, proj, ...])	Plot the power spectral density across epochs
plot_psd_topomap([bands, vmin, vmax, tmin, ...])	Plot the topomap of the power spectral density across epochs
plot_sensors([kind, ch_type, title, ...])	Plot sensors positions.
plot_topo_image([layout, sigma, vmin, vmax, ...])	Plot Event Related Potential / Fields image on topographies
rename_channels(mapping)	Rename channels.
resample(sfreq[, npad, window, n_jobs, verbose])	Resample preloaded data
save(fname[, split_size])	Save epochs in a fif file
savgol_filter(h_freq[, copy])	Filter the data using Savitzky-Golay polynomial method
set_channel_types(mapping)	Define the sensor type of channels.
set_eeg_reference([ref_channels])	Rereference EEG channels to new reference channel(s).
set_montage(montage[, verbose])	Set EEG sensor configuration
standard_error([picks])	Compute standard error over epochs
subtract_evoked([evoked])	Subtract an evoked response from each epoch
time_as_index(times[, use_rounding])	Convert time to indices
to_data_frame([picks, index, scale_time, ...])	Export data in tabular structure as a pandas DataFrame.

__contains__(ch_type)¶

Check channel type membership

Parameters:	ch_type : str Channel type to check for. Can be e.g. ‘meg’, ‘eeg’, ‘stim’, etc.
Returns:	in : bool Whether or not the instance contains the given channel type.

Examples

Channel type membership can be tested as:

>>> 'meg' in inst  
True
>>> 'seeg' in inst  
False

__getitem__(item)¶

Return an Epochs object with a copied subset of epochs

Parameters:	item : slice, array-like, str, or list See below for use cases.
Returns:	epochs : instance of Epochs See below for use cases.

Notes

Epochs can be accessed as epochs[...] in several ways:

1. epochs[idx]: Return Epochs object with a subset of epochs (supports single index and python-style slicing).

2. epochs['name']: Return Epochs object with a copy of the subset of epochs corresponding to an experimental condition as specified by ‘name’.

   If conditions are tagged by names separated by ‘/’ (e.g. ‘audio/left’, ‘audio/right’), and ‘name’ is not in itself an event key, this selects every event whose condition contains the ‘name’ tag (e.g., ‘left’ matches ‘audio/left’ and ‘visual/left’; but not ‘audio_left’). Note that tags like ‘auditory/left’ and ‘left/auditory’ will be treated the same way when accessed using tags.

3. epochs[['name_1', 'name_2', ... ]]: Return Epochs object with a copy of the subset of epochs corresponding to multiple experimental conditions as specified by 'name_1', 'name_2', ... .

   If conditions are separated by ‘/’, selects every item containing every list tag (e.g. [‘audio’, ‘left’] selects ‘audio/left’ and ‘audio/center/left’, but not ‘audio/right’).

__hash__()¶

Hash the object

Returns:	hash : int The hash

__iter__()¶

Function to make iteration over epochs easy

Notes

This enables the use of this Python pattern:

>>> for epoch in epochs:  
>>>     print(epoch)  

Where epoch is given by successive outputs of mne.Epochs.next().

__len__()¶

The number of epochs

Returns:	n_epochs : int The number of remaining epochs.

Notes

This function only works if bad epochs have been dropped.

Examples

This can be used as:

>>> epochs.drop_bad()  
>>> len(epochs)  
43
>>> len(epochs.events)  
43

add_channels(add_list, force_update_info=False)¶

Append new channels to the instance.

Parameters:	add_list : list A list of objects to append to self. Must contain all the same type as the current object force_update_info : bool If True, force the info for objects to be appended to match the values in self. This should generally only be used when adding stim channels for which important metadata won’t be overwritten. New in version 0.12.
Returns:	inst : instance of Raw, Epochs, or Evoked The modified instance.

add_eeg_average_proj(*args, **kwargs)¶

Warning

DEPRECATED: This function is deprecated and will be removed in 0.14. Use set_eeg_reference() instead.

Add an average EEG reference projector if one does not exist.

add_proj(projs, remove_existing=False, verbose=None)¶

Add SSP projection vectors

Parameters:	projs : list List with projection vectors. remove_existing : bool Remove the projection vectors currently in the file. verbose : bool, str, int, or None If not None, override default verbose level (see mne.verbose).
Returns:	self : instance of Raw | Epochs | Evoked The data container.

anonymize()¶

Anonymize measurement information in place.

Reset ‘subject_info’, ‘meas_date’, ‘file_id’, and ‘meas_id’ keys if they exist in info.

Returns:	info : instance of Info Measurement information for the dataset.

Notes

Operates in place.

New in version 0.13.0.

apply_baseline(baseline=(None, 0), verbose=None)¶

Baseline correct epochs

Parameters:

baseline : tuple of length 2 The time interval to apply baseline correction. If None do not apply it. If baseline is (a, b) the interval is between “a (s)” and “b (s)”. If a is None the beginning of the data is used and if b is None then b is set to the end of the interval. If baseline is equal to (None, None) all the time interval is used. Correction is applied by computing mean of the baseline period and subtracting it from the data. The baseline (a, b) includes both endpoints, i.e. all timepoints t such that a <= t <= b. verbose : bool, str, int, or None If not None, override default verbose level (see mne.verbose).

Returns:

epochs : instance of Epochs The baseline-corrected Epochs object.

Notes

Baseline correction can be done multiple times.

New in version 0.10.0.

apply_proj()¶

Apply the signal space projection (SSP) operators to the data.

Returns:	self : instance of Raw | Epochs | Evoked The instance.

Notes

Once the projectors have been applied, they can no longer be removed. It is usually not recommended to apply the projectors at too early stages, as they are applied automatically later on (e.g. when computing inverse solutions). Hint: using the copy method individual projection vectors can be tested without affecting the original data. With evoked data, consider the following example:

projs_a = mne.read_proj('proj_a.fif')
projs_b = mne.read_proj('proj_b.fif')
# add the first, copy, apply and see ...
evoked.add_proj(a).copy().apply_proj().plot()
# add the second, copy, apply and see ...
evoked.add_proj(b).copy().apply_proj().plot()
# drop the first and see again
evoked.copy().del_proj(0).apply_proj().plot()
evoked.apply_proj()  # finally keep both

average(picks=None)¶

Compute average of epochs

Parameters:	picks : array-like of int | None If None only MEG, EEG, SEEG, ECoG, and fNIRS channels are kept otherwise the channels indices in picks are kept.
Returns:	evoked : instance of Evoked The averaged epochs.

Notes

Computes an average of all epochs in the instance, even if they correspond to different conditions. To average by condition, do epochs[condition].average() for each condition separately.

ch_names¶

Channel names

compensation_grade¶

The current gradient compensation grade

copy()¶

Return copy of Epochs instance

crop(tmin=None, tmax=None)¶

Crops a time interval from epochs object.

Parameters:	tmin : float | None Start time of selection in seconds. tmax : float | None End time of selection in seconds.
Returns:	epochs : instance of Epochs The cropped epochs.

Notes

Unlike Python slices, MNE time intervals include both their end points; crop(tmin, tmax) returns the interval tmin <= t <= tmax.

decimate(decim, offset=0)¶

Decimate the epochs

Note

No filtering is performed. To avoid aliasing, ensure your data are properly lowpassed.

Parameters:	decim : int The amount to decimate data. offset : int Apply an offset to where the decimation starts relative to the sample corresponding to t=0. The offset is in samples at the current sampling rate. New in version 0.12.
Returns:	epochs : instance of Epochs The decimated Epochs object.

See also

Evoked.decimate, Epochs.resample, Raw.resample

Notes

Decimation can be done multiple times. For example, epochs.decimate(2).decimate(2) will be the same as epochs.decimate(4).

New in version 0.10.0.

del_proj(idx)¶

Remove SSP projection vector

Note: The projection vector can only be removed if it is inactive

(has not been applied to the data).

Parameters:	idx : int Index of the projector to remove.
Returns:	self : instance of Raw | Epochs | Evoked

drop(indices, reason='USER', verbose=None)¶

Drop epochs based on indices or boolean mask

Note

The indices refer to the current set of undropped epochs rather than the complete set of dropped and undropped epochs. They are therefore not necessarily consistent with any external indices (e.g., behavioral logs). To drop epochs based on external criteria, do not use the preload=True flag when constructing an Epochs object, and call this method before calling the mne.Epochs.drop_bad() or mne.Epochs.load_data() methods.

Parameters:	indices : array of ints or bools Set epochs to remove by specifying indices to remove or a boolean mask to apply (where True values get removed). Events are correspondingly modified. reason : str Reason for dropping the epochs (‘ECG’, ‘timeout’, ‘blink’ etc). Default: ‘USER’. verbose : bool, str, int, or None If not None, override default verbose level (see mne.verbose). Defaults to self.verbose.
Returns:	epochs : instance of Epochs The epochs with indices dropped. Operates in-place.

drop_bad(reject='existing', flat='existing', verbose=None)¶

Drop bad epochs without retaining the epochs data.

Should be used before slicing operations.

Warning

This operation is slow since all epochs have to be read from disk. To avoid reading epochs from disk multiple times, use mne.Epochs.load_data().

Parameters:

reject : dict | str | None Rejection parameters based on peak-to-peak amplitude. Valid keys are ‘grad’ | ‘mag’ | ‘eeg’ | ‘eog’ | ‘ecg’. If reject is None then no rejection is done. If ‘existing’, then the rejection parameters set at instantiation are used. flat : dict | str | None Rejection parameters based on flatness of signal. Valid keys are ‘grad’ | ‘mag’ | ‘eeg’ | ‘eog’ | ‘ecg’, and values are floats that set the minimum acceptable peak-to-peak amplitude. If flat is None then no rejection is done. If ‘existing’, then the flat parameters set at instantiation are used. verbose : bool, str, int, or None If not None, override default verbose level (see mne.verbose). Defaults to self.verbose.

Returns:

epochs : instance of Epochs The epochs with bad epochs dropped. Operates in-place.

Notes

Dropping bad epochs can be done multiple times with different reject and flat parameters. However, once an epoch is dropped, it is dropped forever, so if more lenient thresholds may subsequently be applied, epochs.copy should be used.

drop_channels(ch_names)¶

Drop some channels

Parameters:	ch_names : list List of the names of the channels to remove.
Returns:	inst : instance of Raw, Epochs, or Evoked The modified instance.

See also

pick_channels

Notes

New in version 0.9.0.

drop_log_stats(ignore=('IGNORED', ))¶

Compute the channel stats based on a drop_log from Epochs.

Parameters:	ignore : list The drop reasons to ignore.
Returns:	perc : float Total percentage of epochs dropped.

See also

plot_drop_log

equalize_event_counts(event_ids, method='mintime', copy=None)¶

Equalize the number of trials in each condition

It tries to make the remaining epochs occurring as close as possible in time. This method works based on the idea that if there happened to be some time-varying (like on the scale of minutes) noise characteristics during a recording, they could be compensated for (to some extent) in the equalization process. This method thus seeks to reduce any of those effects by minimizing the differences in the times of the events in the two sets of epochs. For example, if one had event times [1, 2, 3, 4, 120, 121] and the other one had [3.5, 4.5, 120.5, 121.5], it would remove events at times [1, 2] in the first epochs and not [20, 21].

Parameters:

event_ids : list The event types to equalize. Each entry in the list can either be a str (single event) or a list of str. In the case where one of the entries is a list of str, event_ids in that list will be grouped together before equalizing trial counts across conditions. In the case where partial matching is used (using ‘/’ in event_ids), event_ids will be matched according to the provided tags, that is, processing works as if the event_ids matched by the provided tags had been supplied instead. The event_ids must identify nonoverlapping subsets of the epochs. method : str If ‘truncate’, events will be truncated from the end of each event list. If ‘mintime’, timing differences between each event list will be minimized. copy : bool This parameter has been deprecated and will be removed in 0.14. Use inst.copy() instead. Whether to return a new instance or modify in place.

Returns:

epochs : instance of Epochs The modified Epochs instance. indices : array of int Indices from the original events list that were dropped.

Notes

For example (if epochs.event_id was {‘Left’: 1, ‘Right’: 2, ‘Nonspatial’:3}:

epochs.equalize_event_counts([[‘Left’, ‘Right’], ‘Nonspatial’])

would equalize the number of trials in the ‘Nonspatial’ condition with the total number of trials in the ‘Left’ and ‘Right’ conditions.

If multiple indices are provided (e.g. ‘Left’ and ‘Right’ in the example above), it is not guaranteed that after equalization, the conditions will contribute evenly. E.g., it is possible to end up with 70 ‘Nonspatial’ trials, 69 ‘Left’ and 1 ‘Right’.

get_data()¶

Get all epochs as a 3D array

Returns:	data : array of shape (n_epochs, n_channels, n_times) A copy of the epochs data.

interpolate_bads(reset_bads=True, mode='accurate')¶

Interpolate bad MEG and EEG channels.

Operates in place.

Parameters:	reset_bads : bool If True, remove the bads from info. mode : str Either ‘accurate’ or ‘fast’, determines the quality of the Legendre polynomial expansion used for interpolation of MEG channels.
Returns:	inst : instance of Raw, Epochs, or Evoked The modified instance.

Notes

New in version 0.9.0.

iter_evoked()¶

Iterate over epochs as a sequence of Evoked objects

The Evoked objects yielded will each contain a single epoch (i.e., no averaging is performed).

load_data()¶

Load the data if not already preloaded

Returns:	epochs : instance of Epochs The epochs object.

Notes

This function operates in-place.

New in version 0.10.0.

next(return_event_id=False)¶

Iterate over epoch data.

Parameters:	return_event_id : bool If True, return both the epoch data and an event_id.
Returns:	epoch : array of shape (n_channels, n_times) The epoch data. event_id : int The event id. Only returned if return_event_id is True.

pick_channels(ch_names)¶

Pick some channels

Parameters:	ch_names : list The list of channels to select.
Returns:	inst : instance of Raw, Epochs, or Evoked The modified instance.

See also

drop_channels

Notes

New in version 0.9.0.

pick_types(meg=True, eeg=False, stim=False, eog=False, ecg=False, emg=False, ref_meg='auto', misc=False, resp=False, chpi=False, exci=False, ias=False, syst=False, seeg=False, dipole=False, gof=False, bio=False, ecog=False, fnirs=False, include=[], exclude='bads', selection=None)¶

Pick some channels by type and names

Parameters:

meg : bool | str If True include all MEG channels. If False include None If string it can be ‘mag’, ‘grad’, ‘planar1’ or ‘planar2’ to select only magnetometers, all gradiometers, or a specific type of gradiometer. eeg : bool If True include EEG channels. stim : bool If True include stimulus channels. eog : bool If True include EOG channels. ecg : bool If True include ECG channels. emg : bool If True include EMG channels. ref_meg: bool | str If True include CTF / 4D reference channels. If ‘auto’, the reference channels are only included if compensations are present. misc : bool If True include miscellaneous analog channels. resp : bool If True include response-trigger channel. For some MEG systems this is separate from the stim channel. chpi : bool If True include continuous HPI coil channels. exci : bool Flux excitation channel used to be a stimulus channel. ias : bool Internal Active Shielding data (maybe on Triux only). syst : bool System status channel information (on Triux systems only). seeg : bool Stereotactic EEG channels. dipole : bool Dipole time course channels. gof : bool Dipole goodness of fit channels. bio : bool Bio channels. ecog : bool Electrocorticography channels. fnirs : bool | str Functional near-infrared spectroscopy channels. If True include all fNIRS channels. If False (default) include none. If string it can be ‘hbo’ (to include channels measuring oxyhemoglobin) or ‘hbr’ (to include channels measuring deoxyhemoglobin). include : list of string List of additional channels to include. If empty do not include any. exclude : list of string | str List of channels to exclude. If ‘bads’ (default), exclude channels in info['bads']. selection : list of string Restrict sensor channels (MEG, EEG) to this list of channel names.

Returns:

inst : instance of Raw, Epochs, or Evoked The modified instance.

Notes

New in version 0.9.0.

plot(picks=None, scalings=None, n_epochs=20, n_channels=20, title=None, show=True, block=False)¶

Visualize epochs

Bad epochs can be marked with a left click on top of the epoch. Bad channels can be selected by clicking the channel name on the left side of the main axes. Calling this function drops all the selected bad epochs as well as bad epochs marked beforehand with rejection parameters.

Parameters:

picks : array-like of int | None Channels to be included. If None only good data channels are used. Defaults to None scalings : dict | ‘auto’ | None Scaling factors for the traces. If any fields in scalings are ‘auto’, the scaling factor is set to match the 99.5th percentile of a subset of the corresponding data. If scalings == ‘auto’, all scalings fields are set to ‘auto’. If any fields are ‘auto’ and data is not preloaded, a subset of epochs up to 100mb will be loaded. If None, defaults to: dict(mag=1e-12, grad=4e-11, eeg=20e-6, eog=150e-6, ecg=5e-4, emg=1e-3, ref_meg=1e-12, misc=1e-3, stim=1, resp=1, chpi=1e-4) n_epochs : int The number of epochs per view. Defaults to 20. n_channels : int The number of channels per view. Defaults to 20. title : str | None The title of the window. If None, epochs name will be displayed. Defaults to None. show : bool Show figure if True. Defaults to True block : bool Whether to halt program execution until the figure is closed. Useful for rejecting bad trials on the fly by clicking on an epoch. Defaults to False.

Returns:

fig : Instance of matplotlib.figure.Figure The figure.

Notes

The arrow keys (up/down/left/right) can be used to navigate between channels and epochs and the scaling can be adjusted with - and + (or =) keys, but this depends on the backend matplotlib is configured to use (e.g., mpl.use(TkAgg) should work). Full screen mode can be toggled with f11 key. The amount of epochs and channels per view can be adjusted with home/end and page down/page up keys. Butterfly plot can be toggled with b key. Right mouse click adds a vertical line to the plot.

New in version 0.10.0.

plot_drop_log(threshold=0, n_max_plot=20, subject='Unknown', color=(0.9, 0.9, 0.9), width=0.8, ignore=('IGNORED', ), show=True)¶

Show the channel stats based on a drop_log from Epochs

Parameters:	threshold : float The percentage threshold to use to decide whether or not to plot. Default is zero (always plot). n_max_plot : int Maximum number of channels to show stats for. subject : str The subject name to use in the title of the plot. color : tuple | str Color to use for the bars. width : float Width of the bars. ignore : list The drop reasons to ignore. show : bool Show figure if True.
Returns:	fig : Instance of matplotlib.figure.Figure The figure.

plot_image(picks=None, sigma=0.0, vmin=None, vmax=None, colorbar=True, order=None, show=True, units=None, scalings=None, cmap='RdBu_r', fig=None, axes=None, overlay_times=None)¶

Plot Event Related Potential / Fields image

Parameters:

picks : int | array-like of int | None The indices of the channels to consider. If None, the first five good channels are plotted. sigma : float The standard deviation of the Gaussian smoothing to apply along the epoch axis to apply in the image. If 0., no smoothing is applied. vmin : float The min value in the image. The unit is uV for EEG channels, fT for magnetometers and fT/cm for gradiometers. vmax : float The max value in the image. The unit is uV for EEG channels, fT for magnetometers and fT/cm for gradiometers. colorbar : bool Display or not a colorbar. order : None | array of int | callable If not None, order is used to reorder the epochs on the y-axis of the image. If it’s an array of int it should be of length the number of good epochs. If it’s a callable the arguments passed are the times vector and the data as 2d array (data.shape[1] == len(times). show : bool Show figure if True. units : dict | None The units of the channel types used for axes lables. If None, defaults to units=dict(eeg=’uV’, grad=’fT/cm’, mag=’fT’). scalings : dict | None The scalings of the channel types to be applied for plotting. If None, defaults to scalings=dict(eeg=1e6, grad=1e13, mag=1e15, eog=1e6). cmap : matplotlib colormap | (colormap, bool) | ‘interactive’ Colormap. If tuple, the first value indicates the colormap to use and the second value is a boolean defining interactivity. In interactive mode the colors are adjustable by clicking and dragging the colorbar with left and right mouse button. Left mouse button moves the scale up and down and right mouse button adjusts the range. Hitting space bar resets the scale. Up and down arrows can be used to change the colormap. If ‘interactive’, translates to (‘RdBu_r’, True). Defaults to ‘RdBu_r’. fig : matplotlib figure | None Figure instance to draw the image to. Figure must contain two axes for drawing the single trials and evoked responses. If None a new figure is created. Defaults to None. axes : list of matplotlib axes | None List of axes instances to draw the image, erp and colorbar to. Must be of length three if colorbar is True (with the last list element being the colorbar axes) or two if colorbar is False. If both fig and axes are passed an error is raised. Defaults to None. overlay_times : array-like, shape (n_epochs,) | None If not None the parameter is interpreted as time instants in seconds and is added to the image. It is typically useful to display reaction times. Note that it is defined with respect to the order of epochs such that overlay_times[0] corresponds to epochs[0].

Returns:

figs : lists of matplotlib figures One figure per channel displayed.

plot_projs_topomap(ch_type=None, layout=None, axes=None)¶

Plot SSP vector

Parameters:

ch_type : ‘mag’ | ‘grad’ | ‘planar1’ | ‘planar2’ | ‘eeg’ | None | List The channel type to plot. For ‘grad’, the gradiometers are collec- ted in pairs and the RMS for each pair is plotted. If None (default), it will return all channel types present. If a list of ch_types is provided, it will return multiple figures. layout : None | Layout | List of Layouts Layout instance specifying sensor positions (does not need to be specified for Neuromag data). If possible, the correct layout file is inferred from the data; if no appropriate layout file was found, the layout is automatically generated from the sensor locations. Or a list of Layout if projections are from different sensor types. axes : instance of Axes | list | None The axes to plot to. If list, the list must be a list of Axes of the same length as the number of projectors. If instance of Axes, there must be only one projector. Defaults to None.

Returns:

fig : instance of matplotlib figure Figure distributing one image per channel across sensor topography.

plot_psd(fmin=0, fmax=inf, tmin=None, tmax=None, proj=False, bandwidth=None, adaptive=False, low_bias=True, normalization='length', picks=None, ax=None, color='black', area_mode='std', area_alpha=0.33, dB=True, n_jobs=1, show=True, verbose=None)¶

Plot the power spectral density across epochs

Parameters:

fmin : float Start frequency to consider. fmax : float End frequency to consider. tmin : float | None Start time to consider. tmax : float | None End time to consider. proj : bool Apply projection. bandwidth : float The bandwidth of the multi taper windowing function in Hz. The default value is a window half-bandwidth of 4. adaptive : bool Use adaptive weights to combine the tapered spectra into PSD (slow, use n_jobs >> 1 to speed up computation). low_bias : bool Only use tapers with more than 90% spectral concentration within bandwidth. normalization : str Either “full” or “length” (default). If “full”, the PSD will be normalized by the sampling rate as well as the length of the signal (as in nitime). picks : array-like of int | None List of channels to use. ax : instance of matplotlib Axes | None Axes to plot into. If None, axes will be created. color : str | tuple A matplotlib-compatible color to use. area_mode : str | None Mode for plotting area. If ‘std’, the mean +/- 1 STD (across channels) will be plotted. If ‘range’, the min and max (across channels) will be plotted. Bad channels will be excluded from these calculations. If None, no area will be plotted. area_alpha : float Alpha for the area. dB : bool If True, transform data to decibels. n_jobs : int Number of jobs to run in parallel. show : bool Show figure if True. verbose : bool, str, int, or None If not None, override default verbose level (see mne.verbose).

Returns:

fig : instance of matplotlib figure Figure distributing one image per channel across sensor topography.

plot_psd_topomap(bands=None, vmin=None, vmax=None, tmin=None, tmax=None, proj=False, bandwidth=None, adaptive=False, low_bias=True, normalization='length', ch_type=None, layout=None, cmap='RdBu_r', agg_fun=None, dB=True, n_jobs=1, normalize=False, cbar_fmt='%0.3f', outlines='head', axes=None, show=True, verbose=None)¶

Plot the topomap of the power spectral density across epochs

Parameters:

bands : list of tuple | None The lower and upper frequency and the name for that band. If None, (default) expands to: bands = [(0, 4, ‘Delta’), (4, 8, ‘Theta’), (8, 12, ‘Alpha’), (12, 30, ‘Beta’), (30, 45, ‘Gamma’)] vmin : float | callable | None The value specifying the lower bound of the color range. If None np.min(data) is used. If callable, the output equals vmin(data). vmax : float | callable | None The value specifying the upper bound of the color range. If None, the maximum absolute value is used. If callable, the output equals vmax(data). Defaults to None. tmin : float | None Start time to consider. tmax : float | None End time to consider. proj : bool Apply projection. bandwidth : float The bandwidth of the multi taper windowing function in Hz. The default value is a window half-bandwidth of 4 Hz. adaptive : bool Use adaptive weights to combine the tapered spectra into PSD (slow, use n_jobs >> 1 to speed up computation). low_bias : bool Only use tapers with more than 90% spectral concentration within bandwidth. normalization : str Either “full” or “length” (default). If “full”, the PSD will be normalized by the sampling rate as well as the length of the signal (as in nitime). ch_type : ‘mag’ | ‘grad’ | ‘planar1’ | ‘planar2’ | ‘eeg’ | None The channel type to plot. For ‘grad’, the gradiometers are collected in pairs and the RMS for each pair is plotted. If None, then first available channel type from order given above is used. Defaults to None. layout : None | Layout Layout instance specifying sensor positions (does not need to be specified for Neuromag data). If possible, the correct layout file is inferred from the data; if no appropriate layout file was found, the layout is automatically generated from the sensor locations. cmap : matplotlib colormap | (colormap, bool) | ‘interactive’ | None Colormap to use. If tuple, the first value indicates the colormap to use and the second value is a boolean defining interactivity. In interactive mode the colors are adjustable by clicking and dragging the colorbar with left and right mouse button. Left mouse button moves the scale up and down and right mouse button adjusts the range. Hitting space bar resets the range. Up and down arrows can be used to change the colormap. If None (default), ‘Reds’ is used for all positive data, otherwise defaults to ‘RdBu_r’. If ‘interactive’, translates to (None, True). agg_fun : callable The function used to aggregate over frequencies. Defaults to np.sum. if normalize is True, else np.mean. dB : bool If True, transform data to decibels (with 10 * np.log10(data)) following the application of agg_fun. Only valid if normalize is False. n_jobs : int Number of jobs to run in parallel. normalize : bool If True, each band will be divided by the total power. Defaults to False. cbar_fmt : str The colorbar format. Defaults to ‘%0.3f’. outlines : ‘head’ | ‘skirt’ | dict | None The outlines to be drawn. If ‘head’, the default head scheme will be drawn. If ‘skirt’ the head scheme will be drawn, but sensors are allowed to be plotted outside of the head circle. If dict, each key refers to a tuple of x and y positions, the values in ‘mask_pos’ will serve as image mask, and the ‘autoshrink’ (bool) field will trigger automated shrinking of the positions due to points outside the outline. Alternatively, a matplotlib patch object can be passed for advanced masking options, either directly or as a function that returns patches (required for multi-axis plots). If None, nothing will be drawn. Defaults to ‘head’. axes : list of axes | None List of axes to plot consecutive topographies to. If None the axes will be created automatically. Defaults to None. show : bool Show figure if True. verbose : bool, str, int, or None If not None, override default verbose level (see mne.verbose).

Returns:

fig : instance of matplotlib figure Figure distributing one image per channel across sensor topography.

plot_sensors(kind='topomap', ch_type=None, title=None, show_names=False, ch_groups=None, axes=None, block=False, show=True)¶

Plot sensors positions.

Parameters:

kind : str Whether to plot the sensors as 3d, topomap or as an interactive sensor selection dialog. Available options ‘topomap’, ‘3d’, ‘select’. If ‘select’, a set of channels can be selected interactively by using lasso selector or clicking while holding control key. The selected channels are returned along with the figure instance. Defaults to ‘topomap’. ch_type : None | str The channel type to plot. Available options ‘mag’, ‘grad’, ‘eeg’, ‘seeg’, ‘ecog’, ‘all’. If 'all', all the available mag, grad, eeg, seeg and ecog channels are plotted. If None (default), then channels are chosen in the order given above. title : str | None Title for the figure. If None (default), equals to 'Sensor positions (%s)' % ch_type. show_names : bool Whether to display all channel names. Defaults to False. ch_groups : ‘position’ | array of shape (ch_groups, picks) | None Channel groups for coloring the sensors. If None (default), default coloring scheme is used. If ‘position’, the sensors are divided into 8 regions. See order kwarg of mne.viz.plot_raw(). If array, the channels are divided by picks given in the array. New in version 0.13.0. axes : instance of Axes | instance of Axes3D | None Axes to draw the sensors to. If kind='3d', axes must be an instance of Axes3D. If None (default), a new axes will be created. New in version 0.13.0. block : bool Whether to halt program execution until the figure is closed. Defaults to False. New in version 0.13.0. show : bool Show figure if True. Defaults to True.

Returns:

fig : instance of matplotlib figure Figure containing the sensor topography. selection : list A list of selected channels. Only returned if kind=='select'.

See also

mne.viz.plot_layout

Notes

This function plots the sensor locations from the info structure using matplotlib. For drawing the sensors using mayavi see mne.viz.plot_trans().

New in version 0.12.0.

plot_topo_image(layout=None, sigma=0.0, vmin=None, vmax=None, colorbar=True, order=None, cmap='RdBu_r', layout_scale=0.95, title=None, scalings=None, border='none', fig_facecolor='k', fig_background=None, font_color='w', show=True)¶

Plot Event Related Potential / Fields image on topographies

Parameters:

layout: instance of Layout System specific sensor positions. sigma : float The standard deviation of the Gaussian smoothing to apply along the epoch axis to apply in the image. If 0., no smoothing is applied. vmin : float The min value in the image. The unit is uV for EEG channels, fT for magnetometers and fT/cm for gradiometers. vmax : float The max value in the image. The unit is uV for EEG channels, fT for magnetometers and fT/cm for gradiometers. colorbar : bool Display or not a colorbar. order : None | array of int | callable If not None, order is used to reorder the epochs on the y-axis of the image. If it’s an array of int it should be of length the number of good epochs. If it’s a callable the arguments passed are the times vector and the data as 2d array (data.shape[1] == len(times)). cmap : instance of matplotlib.pyplot.colormap Colors to be mapped to the values. layout_scale: float scaling factor for adjusting the relative size of the layout on the canvas. title : str Title of the figure. scalings : dict | None The scalings of the channel types to be applied for plotting. If None, defaults to dict(eeg=1e6, grad=1e13, mag=1e15). border : str matplotlib borders style to be used for each sensor plot. fig_facecolor : str | obj The figure face color. Defaults to black. fig_background : None | array A background image for the figure. This must be a valid input to matplotlib.pyplot.imshow. Defaults to None. font_color : str | obj The color of tick labels in the colorbar. Defaults to white. show : bool Show figure if True.

Returns:

fig : instance of matplotlib figure Figure distributing one image per channel across sensor topography.

rename_channels(mapping)¶

Rename channels.

Parameters:	mapping : dict | callable a dictionary mapping the old channel to a new channel name e.g. {‘EEG061’ : ‘EEG161’}. Can also be a callable function that takes and returns a string (new in version 0.10.0).

Notes

New in version 0.9.0.

resample(sfreq, npad='auto', window='boxcar', n_jobs=1, verbose=None)¶

Resample preloaded data

Parameters:

sfreq : float New sample rate to use npad : int | str Amount to pad the start and end of the data. Can also be “auto” to use a padding that will result in a power-of-two size (can be much faster). window : string or tuple Window to use in resampling. See scipy.signal.resample. n_jobs : int Number of jobs to run in parallel. verbose : bool, str, int, or None If not None, override default verbose level (see mne.verbose). Defaults to self.verbose.

Returns:

epochs : instance of Epochs The resampled epochs object.

See also

mne.Epochs.savgol_filter, mne.io.Raw.resample

Notes

For some data, it may be more accurate to use npad=0 to reduce artifacts. This is dataset dependent – check your data!

save(fname, split_size='2GB')¶

Save epochs in a fif file

Parameters:

fname : str The name of the file, which should end with -epo.fif or -epo.fif.gz. split_size : string | int Large raw files are automatically split into multiple pieces. This parameter specifies the maximum size of each piece. If the parameter is an integer, it specifies the size in Bytes. It is also possible to pass a human-readable string, e.g., 100MB. Note: Due to FIFF file limitations, the maximum split size is 2GB. New in version 0.10.0.

Notes

Bad epochs will be dropped before saving the epochs to disk.

savgol_filter(h_freq, copy=False)¶

Filter the data using Savitzky-Golay polynomial method

Parameters:

h_freq : float Approximate high cut-off frequency in Hz. Note that this is not an exact cutoff, since Savitzky-Golay filtering [R3] is done using polynomial fits instead of FIR/IIR filtering. This parameter is thus used to determine the length of the window over which a 5th-order polynomial smoothing is used. copy : bool If True, a copy of the object, filtered, is returned. If False (default), it operates on the object in place.

Returns:

inst : instance of Epochs or Evoked The object with the filtering applied.

See also

mne.io.Raw.filter

Notes

For Savitzky-Golay low-pass approximation, see:

https://gist.github.com/Eric89GXL/bbac101d50176611136b

New in version 0.9.0.

References

[R3]	(1, 2) Savitzky, A., Golay, M.J.E. (1964). “Smoothing and Differentiation of Data by Simplified Least Squares Procedures”. Analytical Chemistry 36 (8): 1627-39.

Examples

>>> import mne
>>> from os import path as op
>>> evoked_fname = op.join(mne.datasets.sample.data_path(), 'MEG', 'sample', 'sample_audvis-ave.fif')  
>>> evoked = mne.read_evokeds(evoked_fname, baseline=(None, 0))[0]  
>>> evoked.savgol_filter(10.)  # low-pass at around 10 Hz 
>>> evoked.plot()  

set_channel_types(mapping)¶

Define the sensor type of channels.

Note: The following sensor types are accepted:

ecg, eeg, emg, eog, exci, ias, misc, resp, seeg, stim, syst, ecog, hbo, hbr

Parameters:	mapping : dict a dictionary mapping a channel to a sensor type (str) {‘EEG061’: ‘eog’}.

Notes

New in version 0.9.0.

set_eeg_reference(ref_channels=None)¶

Rereference EEG channels to new reference channel(s).

If multiple reference channels are specified, they will be averaged. If no reference channels are specified, an average reference will be applied.

Parameters:	ref_channels : list of str | None The names of the channels to use to construct the reference. If None (default), an average reference will be added as an SSP projector but not immediately applied to the data. If an empty list is specified, the data is assumed to already have a proper reference and MNE will not attempt any re-referencing of the data. Defaults to an average reference (None).
Returns:	inst : instance of Raw | Epochs | Evoked Data with EEG channels re-referenced. For ref_channels=None, an average projector will be added instead of directly subtarcting data.

See also

mne.set_bipolar_reference

Notes

1. If a reference is requested that is not the average reference, this function removes any pre-existing average reference projections.
2. During source localization, the EEG signal should have an average reference.
3. In order to apply a reference other than an average reference, the data must be preloaded.

New in version 0.13.0.

set_montage(montage, verbose=None)¶

Set EEG sensor configuration

Parameters:	montage : instance of Montage or DigMontage The montage to use. verbose : bool, str, int, or None If not None, override default verbose level (see mne.verbose).

Notes

Operates in place.

New in version 0.9.0.

standard_error(picks=None)¶

Compute standard error over epochs

Parameters:	picks : array-like of int | None If None only MEG, EEG, SEEG, ECoG, and fNIRS channels are kept otherwise the channels indices in picks are kept.
Returns:	evoked : instance of Evoked The standard error over epochs.

subtract_evoked(evoked=None)¶

Subtract an evoked response from each epoch

Can be used to exclude the evoked response when analyzing induced activity, see e.g. [1].

Parameters:	evoked : instance of Evoked | None The evoked response to subtract. If None, the evoked response is computed from Epochs itself.
Returns:	self : instance of Epochs The modified instance (instance is also modified inplace).

References

[1] David et al. “Mechanisms of evoked and induced responses in MEG/EEG”, NeuroImage, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 1580-1591, July 2006.

time_as_index(times, use_rounding=False)¶

Convert time to indices

Parameters:	times : list-like | float | int List of numbers or a number representing points in time. use_rounding : boolean If True, use rounding (instead of truncation) when converting times to indices. This can help avoid non-unique indices.
Returns:	index : ndarray Indices corresponding to the times supplied.

to_data_frame(picks=None, index=None, scale_time=1000.0, scalings=None, copy=True, start=None, stop=None)¶

Export data in tabular structure as a pandas DataFrame.

Columns and indices will depend on the object being converted. Generally this will include as much relevant information as possible for the data type being converted. This makes it easy to convert data for use in packages that utilize dataframes, such as statsmodels or seaborn.

Parameters:

picks : array-like of int | None If None only MEG and EEG channels are kept otherwise the channels indices in picks are kept. index : tuple of str | None Column to be used as index for the data. Valid string options are ‘epoch’, ‘time’ and ‘condition’. If None, all three info columns will be included in the table as categorial data. scale_time : float Scaling to be applied to time units. scalings : dict | None Scaling to be applied to the channels picked. If None, defaults to scalings=dict(eeg=1e6, grad=1e13, mag=1e15, misc=1.0). copy : bool If true, data will be copied. Else data may be modified in place. start : int | None If it is a Raw object, this defines a starting index for creating the dataframe from a slice. The times will be interpolated from the index and the sampling rate of the signal. stop : int | None If it is a Raw object, this defines a stop index for creating the dataframe from a slice. The times will be interpolated from the index and the sampling rate of the signal.

Returns:

df : instance of pandas.core.DataFrame A dataframe suitable for usage with other statistical/plotting/analysis packages. Column/Index values will depend on the object type being converted, but should be human-readable.