EEGdashNeMARNM000198
Iss. 198 · 13 subjects · 26 recordings · CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
Dataset Brief · BNCI 2015-008 Center Speller P300 dataset

NM000198: eeg dataset, 13 subjects#

BNCI 2015-008 Center Speller P300 dataset

Citation: M S Treder, N M Schmidt, B Blankertz (2011). BNCI 2015-008 Center Speller P300 dataset.

13-participant EEG dataset — BNCI 2015-008 Center Speller P300 dataset.

EEG · 63 ch250 HzBIDS 1.9.0Task · p300HealthyVisualAttention
Layer 01Study
What was asked
Hypothesis, independent & dependent variables, paradigm, cohort, and the editorial caveats around what the recordings can and cannot answer.
Layer 02Signal · BIDS
What was recorded
Sidecars, channels & electrodes, coordinate system, event semantics, and quality stats from the NEMAR pipeline when available.
Layer 03Training · ML
What you can train on
Recommended access modes — MNE Raw, braindecode windows, PyTorch DataLoader — plus the targets the metadata makes addressable.
§ 01Access · Get started

Quickstart#

Install

pip install eegdash

Access the data

from eegdash.dataset import NM000198

dataset = NM000198(cache_dir="./data")
# Get the raw object of the first recording
raw = dataset.datasets[0].raw
print(raw.info)

Filter by subject

dataset = NM000198(cache_dir="./data", subject="01")

Advanced query

dataset = NM000198(
    cache_dir="./data",
    query={"subject": {"$in": ["01", "02"]}},
)

Iterate recordings

for rec in dataset:
    print(rec.subject, rec.raw.info['sfreq'])

If you use this dataset in your research, please cite the original authors.

BibTeX

@dataset{nm000198,
  title = {BNCI 2015-008 Center Speller P300 dataset},
  author = {M S Treder and N M Schmidt and B Blankertz},
}
§ 02Study · The README

About This Dataset#

BNCI 2015-008 Center Speller P300 dataset.

Schema: HED 8.4.0 | Browse: https://www.hedtags.org/hed-schema-browser

BNCI 2015-008 Center Speller P300 dataset

Target
├─ Sensory-event
├─ Experimental-stimulus
View full README

BNCI 2015-008 Center Speller P300 dataset

Target
     ├─ Sensory-event
     ├─ Experimental-stimulus
     ├─ Visual-presentation
     └─ Target

NonTarget
├─ Sensory-event
├─ Experimental-stimulus
├─ Visual-presentation
└─ Non-target

Paradigm-Specific Parameters

  • Detected paradigm: p300

  • Number of targets: 30

  • Number of repetitions: 10

  • Stimulus onset asynchrony: 200.0 ms

Data Structure

  • Trials: 60 intensifications per stage (10 sequences × 6 elements)

  • Trials context: per_stage

Preprocessing

  • Data state: filtered

  • Preprocessing applied: True

  • Steps: downsampling, lowpass filter, baseline correction

  • Highpass filter: 0.016 Hz

  • Lowpass filter: 49.0 Hz

  • Bandpass filter: {‘low_cutoff_hz’: 0.016, ‘high_cutoff_hz’: 250.0}

  • Filter type: Chebyshev

  • Re-reference: linked mastoids

  • Downsampled to: 250.0 Hz

  • Epoch window: [-200.0, 800.0]

  • Notes: For offline ERP analysis: downsampled to 250 Hz, lowpass filtered below 49 Hz using Chebyshev filter (passbands/stopbands: 42/49 Hz). For online classification: downsampled to 100 Hz, no software filter applied. Baseline correction using -200 ms prestimulus interval.

Signal Processing

  • Classifiers: LDA, SLDA

  • Feature extraction: ERP components, P300, P3

  • Spatial filters: shrinkage covariance

Cross-Validation

  • Method: calibration-test split

  • Evaluation type: within_session

Performance (Original Study)

  • Accuracy: 92.0%

  • Hex O Spell Accuracy: 88.0

  • Cake Speller Accuracy: 90.0

  • Center Speller Accuracy: 97.0

  • Communication Rate Symbols Per Min: 2.3

BCI Application

  • Applications: speller, communication

  • Environment: laboratory

  • Online feedback: True

Tags

  • Pathology: Healthy

  • Modality: Visual

  • Type: ERP, P300

Documentation

  • DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/8/6/066003

  • License: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

  • Investigators: M S Treder, N M Schmidt, B Blankertz

  • Institution: Berlin Institute of Technology

  • Department: Machine Learning Laboratory

  • Country: Germany

  • Repository: GitHub

  • Data URL: bbci/bbci_public

  • Publication year: 2011

  • Keywords: P300, ERP, BCI, speller, covert attention, feature attention, gaze-independent

References

Treder, M. S., Schmidt, N. M., & Blankertz, B. (2011). Gaze-independent brain-computer interfaces based on covert attention and feature attention. Journal of Neural Engineering, 8(6), 066003. https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-2560/8/6/066003 Notes .. versionadded:: 1.2.0 Appelhoff, S., Sanderson, M., Brooks, T., Vliet, M., Quentin, R., Holdgraf, C., Chaumon, M., Mikulan, E., Tavabi, K., Hochenberger, R., Welke, D., Brunner, C., Rockhill, A., Larson, E., Gramfort, A. and Jas, M. (2019). MNE-BIDS: Organizing electrophysiological data into the BIDS format and facilitating their analysis. Journal of Open Source Software 4: (1896). https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.01896 Pernet, C. R., Appelhoff, S., Gorgolewski, K. J., Flandin, G., Phillips, C., Delorme, A., Oostenveld, R. (2019). EEG-BIDS, an extension to the brain imaging data structure for electroencephalography. Scientific Data, 6, 103. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-019-0104-8 Generated by MOABB 1.5.0 (Mother of All BCI Benchmarks) NeuroTechX/moabb

§ 03Cohort · Participants

Cohort#

Dataset Statistics#

Age distribution by gender (n=13, range 27–27 yr, mean 27.0 yr)

25
Other · 13

Channel counts: 63 ch (n=26 recordings)

Sampling frequencies: 250.0 Hz (n=26 recordings)

Total recording duration: 19 h 22 min

§ 04Signal · Electrodes & trace

Signal · Electrodes & live trace#

Fig. 01 Signal & montage 63 ch · EEG · 250 Hz · 13 subjects, 26 recordings
Live trace viewer — sub-13 · ses-0 · task-p300 · run-0

Showing one representative recording out of 13 subjects and 26 recordings in this dataset. Browse the full set on OpenNeuro; drop any other _eeg.{set,edf,bdf,vhdr} file onto the viewer (or pass ?eeg=<url>) to inspect it.

Electrode layout — EEG · 63 sensors — 63 channels

NEMAR Processing Statistics#

The plots below are generated by NEMAR’s automated EEG pipeline. The histogram shows pipeline success for data cleaning and ICA decomposition, the percentage of data frames and EEG channels retained after artefact removal, line noise per channel (RMS, dB), and the age/gender distribution of participants.

HED event descriptors word cloud HED event descriptors word cloud — NM000198
§ 05Manifest · BIDS tree

Manifest#

File Explorer#

Browse the BIDS file structure of this dataset. Records are fetched on demand from the EEGDash catalog the first time you open the explorer.

Recordings
Files
Subjects
Modalities
Click to load file structure…
Full dataset metadata table

Dataset ID

NM000198

Title

BNCI 2015-008 Center Speller P300 dataset

Author (year)

Treder2015_P300

Canonical

Importable as

NM000198, Treder2015_P300

Year

2011

Authors

M S Treder, N M Schmidt, B Blankertz

License

CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0

Citation / DOI

Unknown

Source links

OpenNeuro | NeMAR | Source URL

§ 06API · Programmatic access

API Reference#

Signature
eegdash.dataset
class
eegdash.dataset.NM000198(cache_dir, query=None, s3_bucket=None, **kwargs)
Bases: EEGDashDataset
Author (year)Treder2015_P300
Canonical
Importable asNM000198 · Treder2015_P300
Sourceeegdash/dataset/registry.py · [source ↗]
class eegdash.dataset.NM000198(cache_dir: str, query: dict | None = None, s3_bucket: str | None = None, **kwargs)[source]#

BNCI 2015-008 Center Speller P300 dataset

Study:

nm000198 (NeMAR)

Author (year):

Treder2015_P300

Canonical:

Also importable as: NM000198, Treder2015_P300.

Modality: eeg; Experiment type: Attention; Subject type: Healthy. Subjects: 13; recordings: 26; tasks: 1.

Parameters:
  • cache_dir (str | Path) – Directory where data are cached locally.

  • query (dict | None) – Additional MongoDB-style filters to AND with the dataset selection. Must not contain the key dataset.

  • s3_bucket (str | None) – Base S3 bucket used to locate the data.

  • **kwargs (dict) – Additional keyword arguments forwarded to EEGDashDataset.

data_dir#

Local dataset cache directory (cache_dir / dataset_id).

Type:

Path

query#

Merged query with the dataset filter applied.

Type:

dict

records#

Metadata records used to build the dataset, if pre-fetched.

Type:

list[dict] | None

Notes

Each item is a recording; recording-level metadata are available via dataset.description. query supports MongoDB-style filters on fields in ALLOWED_QUERY_FIELDS and is combined with the dataset filter. Dataset-specific caveats are not provided in the summary metadata.

References

OpenNeuro dataset: https://openneuro.org/datasets/nm000198 NeMAR dataset: https://nemar.org/dataexplorer/detail?dataset_id=nm000198

Examples

>>> from eegdash.dataset import NM000198
>>> dataset = NM000198(cache_dir="./data")
>>> recording = dataset[0]
>>> raw = recording.load()
__init__(cache_dir: str, query: dict | None = None, s3_bucket: str | None = None, **kwargs)[source]#
save(path: str, overwrite: bool = False, offset: int = 0)[source]#

Save datasets to files by creating one subdirectory for each dataset:

path/
    0/
        0-raw.fif | 0-epo.fif
        description.json
        raw_preproc_kwargs.json (if raws were preprocessed)
        window_kwargs.json (if this is a windowed dataset)
        window_preproc_kwargs.json  (if windows were preprocessed)
        target_name.json (if target_name is not None and dataset is raw)
    1/
        1-raw.fif | 1-epo.fif
        description.json
        raw_preproc_kwargs.json (if raws were preprocessed)
        window_kwargs.json (if this is a windowed dataset)
        window_preproc_kwargs.json  (if windows were preprocessed)
        target_name.json (if target_name is not None and dataset is raw)
Parameters:
  • path (str) –

    Directory in which subdirectories are created to store

    -raw.fif | -epo.fif and .json files to.

  • overwrite (bool) – Whether to delete old subdirectories that will be saved to in this call.

  • offset (int) – If provided, the integer is added to the id of the dataset in the concat. This is useful in the setting of very large datasets, where one dataset has to be processed and saved at a time to account for its original position.

Access modesMNE → braindecode → PyTorch → ML
.rawMNE Raw object — standard tools (filter, epoch, ICA, plot_psd).mne
DataLoaderWraps the windowed dataset into a PyTorch DataLoader; supports parallel workers and on-the-fly augmentations.pytorch
Zarr cacheOptional braindecode Zarr mirror for fast resume; persisted to cache_dir.zarr
Hugging FaceNo per-dataset mirror published yet — browse the EEGDash org listing for sibling datasets. See the datasets loader API.huggingface
Croissant 1.0Machine-readable JSON-LD descriptorNM000198.croissant.json (MLCommons schema, ingestible by PyTorch / TensorFlow / JAX).mlcommons
Examples using EEGDashcurated · start here

Swap any load_dataset(...) call for nm000198 to reproduce the tutorial on this dataset.

Citation

M S Treder, N M Schmidt, B Blankertz (2011). BNCI 2015-008 Center Speller P300 dataset.

Provenance

¹Contributed to nemar in BIDS format.

²Curated & ingested by the EEGDash catalog; see CITATION.cff for canonical reference.

BIDS
BIDS 1.9.0
Sidecars
events · events.json · channels · eeg.json
Provenance
CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0 · DOI not on file
Machine-readable
Mirrors

See Also#