Seminar · Electrophysiology
Do we measure what we think we are measuring?
Dario Alejandro Gordillo Lopez · EPFL
Thu, Jul 14, 2022 · 16:00 UTC
Tests used in the empirical sciences are often (implicitly) assumed to be representative of a target mechanism in the sense that similar tests should lead to similar results. In this talk, using resting-state electroencephalogram (EEG) as an example, I will argue that this assumption does not necessarily hold true. Typically EEG studies are conducted selecting one analysis method thought to be representative of the research question asked. Using multiple methods, we extracted a variety of features from a single resting-state EEG dataset and conducted correlational and case-control analyses. We