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Published on: August 7, 2017
[Efficient connectivity analysis of electroencephalogram in the pre-shot phase of rifle shooting based on causality
Liwei Zhang1, Qianxiang Zhou2, Zhongqi Liu1
1School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100083, P.R.China;Beijing Advanced Innovation Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 102402, P.R.China.
Abstract:
The directed functional connectivity in cerebral cortical is the key to understanding the pattern of the behavioral tissue. This process was studied to explore the directed functional network of rifle shooters at cerebral cortical rhythms from electroencephalogram (EEG) data, aiming to provide neurosciences basis for the future development of accelerating rifle skill learning method. The generalized orthogonalized partial directed coherence (gOPDC) algorithm was used to calculate the effective directed functional connectivity of the experts and novices in the pre-shot period. The results showed that the frontal, frontal-central, central, parietal and occipital regions were activated. Moreover, the more directed functional connections numbers in right hemispheres were observed compared to the left hemispheres. Furthermore, as compared to experts, novices had more activated regions, the stronger strength of connections and the lower value of the global efficiency during the pre-shot period. Those indirectly supported the conclusion that the novices needed to recruit more brain resources to accomplish tasks, which was consistent with "neural efficiency" hypothesis of the functional cerebral cortical in experts.
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