moabb.datasets.Zhou2016#
- class moabb.datasets.Zhou2016(subjects=None, sessions=None)[source]#
Bases:
BaseBIDSDataset[source]Dataset Snapshot
Zhou2016
Motor Imagery, 3 classes (left_hand vs right_hand vs feet)
Class Labels: left_hand, right_hand, feet
Benchmark Context
WithinSessionIncluded in 3 MOABB benchmark table(s). Scores are across available pipelines (WithinSession accuracy).
- MI left vs right 19 pipelinesMax 95.65 Β· Median 92.96 Β· Mean 89.47 Β· Std 9.10
- MI all classes 16 pipelinesMax 85.25 Β· Median 83.01 Β· Mean 74.74 Β· Std 15.43
- MI right hand vs feet 16 pipelinesMax 97.18 Β· Median 95.08 Β· Mean 92.02 Β· Std 8.56
Citation & Impact
- Paper DOI10.1371/journal.pone.0162657
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- Public APICrossref | OpenAlex
- MOABB tables3 (WithinSession)
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HED Event TagsHED tagsSource: MOABB BIDS HED annotation mapping.
left_handSensory-eventAgent-actionright_handSensory-eventAgent-actionfeetSensory-eventAgent-actionHED tree view
Tree Β· left_hand
ββ Sensory-event β ββ Experimental-stimulus β ββ Visual-presentation β ββ Leftward β ββ Arrow ββ Agent-action ββ Imagine ββ Move ββ Left ββ HandTree Β· right_hand
ββ Sensory-event β ββ Experimental-stimulus β ββ Visual-presentation β ββ Rightward β ββ Arrow ββ Agent-action ββ Imagine ββ Move ββ Right ββ HandTree Β· feet
ββ Sensory-event β ββ Experimental-stimulus β ββ Visual-presentation β ββ Downward β ββ Arrow ββ Agent-action ββ Imagine ββ Move ββ FootChannel SummaryTotal channels14EEG14 (EEG)Montagestandard_1020Sampling250 HzReferenceleft mastoidFilter0.1-100 Hz bandpass, 50 Hz notchNotch / line50 HzThis diagram is automatically generated from MOABB metadata. Please consult the original publication to confirm the experimental protocol details.
Motor Imagery dataset from Zhou et al 2016.
Dataset from the article A Fully Automated Trial Selection Method for Optimization of Motor Imagery Based Brain-Computer Interface [1]. This dataset contains data recorded on 4 subjects performing 3 type of motor imagery: left hand, right hand and feet.
Every subject went through three sessions, each of which contained two consecutive runs with several minutes inter-run breaks, and each run comprised 75 trials (25 trials per class). The intervals between two sessions varied from several days to several months.
A trial started by a short beep indicating 1 s preparation time, and followed by a red arrow pointing randomly to three directions (left, right, or bottom) lasting for 5 s and then presented a black screen for 4 s. The subject was instructed to immediately perform the imagination tasks of the left hand, right hand or foot movement respectively according to the cue direction, and try to relax during the black screen.
References
[1]Zhou B, Wu X, Lv Z, Zhang L, Guo X (2016) A Fully Automated Trial Selection Method for Optimization of Motor Imagery Based Brain-Computer Interface. PLoS ONE 11(9). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0162657
from moabb.datasets import Zhou2016 dataset = Zhou2016() data = dataset.get_data(subjects=[1]) print(data[1])
Dataset summary
#Subj
4
#Chan
14
#Classes
3
#Trials / class
160
Trials length
5 s
Freq
250 Hz
#Sessions
3
#Runs
2
Total_trials
11496
Participants
Population: healthy
BCI experience: experienced
Equipment
Electrodes: EEG
Montage: standard_1020
Reference: left mastoid
Preprocessing
Data state: raw
Data Access
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0162657
Repository: Zenodo
Experimental Protocol
Paradigm: imagery
Feedback: none
Stimulus: visual arrow and beep
- property all_subjects#
Full list of subjects available in this dataset (unfiltered).
- convert_to_bids(path=None, subjects=None, overwrite=False, format='EDF', verbose=None, generate_figures=False)[source]#
Convert the dataset to BIDS format.
Saves the raw EEG data in a BIDS-compliant directory structure. Unlike the caching mechanism (see
CacheConfig), the files produced here do not contain a processing-pipeline hash (desc-<hash>) in their names, making the output a clean, shareable BIDS dataset.- Parameters:
path (str | Path | None) β Directory under which the BIDS dataset will be written. If
Nonethe default MNE data directory is used (same default as the rest of MOABB).subjects (list of int | None) β Subject numbers to convert. If
None, all subjects insubject_listare converted.overwrite (bool) β If
True, existing BIDS files for a subject are removed before saving. Default isFalse.format (str) β The file format for the raw EEG data. Supported values are
"EDF"(default),"BrainVision", and"EEGLAB".verbose (str | None) β Verbosity level forwarded to MNE/MNE-BIDS.
generate_figures (bool) β If
True, generate interactive neural signature HTML figures in{bids_root}/derivatives/neural_signatures/. Requiresplotly(pip install moabb[interactive]). Default isFalse.
- Returns:
bids_root β Path to the root of the written BIDS dataset.
- Return type:
Examples
>>> from moabb.datasets import AlexMI >>> dataset = AlexMI() >>> bids_root = dataset.convert_to_bids(path='/tmp/bids', subjects=[1])
See also
CacheConfigCache configuration for
get_data().moabb.datasets.bids_interface.get_bids_rootReturn the BIDS root path.
Notes
Added in version 1.5.
- data_path(subject, path=None, force_update=False, update_path=None, verbose=None)[source]#
Get path to local copy of a subject data.
- Parameters:
subject (int) β Number of subject to use
path (None | str) β Location of where to look for the data storing location. If None, the environment variable or config parameter
MNE_DATASETS_(dataset)_PATHis used. If it doesnβt exist, the β~/mne_dataβ directory is used. If the dataset is not found under the given path, the data will be automatically downloaded to the specified folder.force_update (bool) β Force update of the dataset even if a local copy exists.
update_path (bool | None Deprecated) β If True, set the MNE_DATASETS_(dataset)_PATH in mne-python config to the given path. If None, the user is prompted.
verbose (bool, str, int, or None) β If not None, override default verbose level (see
mne.verbose()).
- Returns:
path β Local path to the given data file. This path is contained inside a list of length one, for compatibility.
- Return type:
- download(subject_list=None, path=None, force_update=False, update_path=None, accept=False, verbose=None)[source]#
Download all data from the dataset.
This function is only useful to download all the dataset at once.
- Parameters:
subject_list (list of int | None) β List of subjects id to download, if None all subjects are downloaded.
path (None | str) β Location of where to look for the data storing location. If None, the environment variable or config parameter
MNE_DATASETS_(dataset)_PATHis used. If it doesnβt exist, the β~/mne_dataβ directory is used. If the dataset is not found under the given path, the data will be automatically downloaded to the specified folder.force_update (bool) β Force update of the dataset even if a local copy exists.
update_path (bool | None) β If True, set the MNE_DATASETS_(dataset)_PATH in mne-python config to the given path. If None, the user is prompted.
accept (bool) β Accept licence term to download the data, if any. Default: False
verbose (bool, str, int, or None) β If not None, override default verbose level (see
mne.verbose()).
- get_additional_metadata(subject: str, session: str, run: str) None | DataFrame[source]#
Load additional metadata for a specific subject, session, and run.
- get_block_repetition(paradigm, subjects, block_list, repetition_list)[source]#
Select data for all provided subjects, blocks and repetitions.
subject -> session -> run -> block -> repetition
See also
BaseDataset.get_data
- get_data(subjects=None, cache_config=None, process_pipeline=None)[source]#
Return the data corresponding to a list of subjects.
The returned data is a dictionary with the following structure:
data = {'subject_id' : {'session_id': {'run_id': run} } }
subjects are on top, then we have sessions, then runs. A sessions is a recording done in a single day, without removing the EEG cap. A session is constitued of at least one run. A run is a single contiguous recording. Some dataset break session in multiple runs.
Processing steps can optionally be applied to the data using the
*_pipelinearguments. These pipelines are applied in the following order:raw_pipeline->epochs_pipeline->array_pipeline. If a*_pipelineargument isNone, the step will be skipped. Therefore, thearray_pipelinemay either receive amne.io.Rawor amne.Epochsobject as input depending on whetherepochs_pipelineisNoneor not.- Parameters:
subjects (List of int) β List of subject number
cache_config (dict | CacheConfig) β Configuration for caching of datasets. See
CacheConfigfor details.process_pipeline (Pipeline | None) β Optional processing pipeline to apply to the data. To generate an adequate pipeline, we recommend using
moabb.utils.make_process_pipelines(). This pipeline will receivemne.io.BaseRawobjects. The steps names of this pipeline should be elements ofStepType. According to their name, the steps should either return amne.io.BaseRaw, amne.Epochs, or anumpy.ndarray(). This pipeline must be βfixedβ because it will not be trained, i.e. no call tofitwill be made.
- Returns:
data β dict containing the raw data
- Return type:
Dict
- property metadata: DatasetMetadata | None[source]#
Return structured metadata for this dataset.
Returns the DatasetMetadata object from the centralized catalog, or None if metadata is not available for this dataset.
- Returns:
The metadata object containing acquisition parameters, participant demographics, experiment details, and documentation. Returns None if no metadata is registered for this dataset.
- Return type:
DatasetMetadata | None
Examples
>>> from moabb.datasets import BNCI2014_001 >>> dataset = BNCI2014_001() >>> dataset.metadata.participants.n_subjects 9 >>> dataset.metadata.acquisition.sampling_rate 250.0