EEG spectral centroid amplitude and band power features: A correlation analysis

Abstract

The paper elaborates on the correlation analysis between the proposed EEG sub-band spectral centroid amplitude with the established band power features. The study involves recording of resting EEG from 40 healthy university students. Initially, the EEG is pre-processed for noise removal and filtered into delta, theta, alpha and beta waves using band-pass filters. Next, the sub-band power spectral densities are estimated via Welch method. Subsequently, spectral centroid amplitude and band power features are then computed from the power spectral density of the respective sub-bands. Correlation analysis between the two features is performed for each scalp location to ascertain its relationship. Findings have revealed that the EEG sub-band spectral centroid amplitude is highly correlated with the band power features for all scalp locations.