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Compare evoked responses for different conditions#
In this example, an Epochs object for visual and auditory responses is created. Both conditions are then accessed by their respective names to create a sensor layout plot of the related evoked responses.
# Authors: Denis Engemann <denis.engemann@gmail.com>
# Alexandre Gramfort <alexandre.gramfort@inria.fr>
# License: BSD-3-Clause
# Copyright the MNE-Python contributors.
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import mne
from mne.datasets import sample
from mne.viz import plot_evoked_topo
print(__doc__)
data_path = sample.data_path()
Set parameters.
meg_path = data_path / "MEG" / "sample"
raw_fname = meg_path / "sample_audvis_filt-0-40_raw.fif"
event_fname = meg_path / "sample_audvis_filt-0-40_raw-eve.fif"
tmin = -0.2
tmax = 0.5
# Setup for reading the raw data.
raw = mne.io.read_raw_fif(raw_fname)
events = mne.read_events(event_fname)
# Set up amplitude-peak rejection values for MEG channels.
reject = dict(grad=4000e-13, mag=4e-12)
# Create epochs including different events.
event_id = {"audio/left": 1, "audio/right": 2, "visual/left": 3, "visual/right": 4}
epochs = mne.Epochs(
raw, events, event_id, tmin, tmax, picks="meg", baseline=(None, 0), reject=reject
)
# Generate list of evoked objects from conditions names
evokeds = [epochs[name].average() for name in ("left", "right")]
Opening raw data file /home/circleci/mne_data/MNE-sample-data/MEG/sample/sample_audvis_filt-0-40_raw.fif...
Read a total of 4 projection items:
PCA-v1 (1 x 102) idle
PCA-v2 (1 x 102) idle
PCA-v3 (1 x 102) idle
Average EEG reference (1 x 60) idle
Range : 6450 ... 48149 = 42.956 ... 320.665 secs
Ready.
Not setting metadata
288 matching events found
Setting baseline interval to [-0.19979521315838786, 0.0] s
Applying baseline correction (mode: mean)
Created an SSP operator (subspace dimension = 3)
3 projection items activated
Rejecting epoch based on MAG : ['MEG 1711']
Rejecting epoch based on MAG : ['MEG 1711']
Show topography for two different conditions.
Total running time of the script: (0 minutes 3.134 seconds)