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  • Neuroscience
  • Computational Neuroscience
  • Electrophysiology

Background:

  • Electroencephalography (EEG) microstate analysis is widely used to study brain dynamics.
  • Microstates are traditionally assumed to be discrete, winner-take-all states with abrupt transitions.
  • These assumptions underpin interpretations of microstates in cognitive function and neurological disorders.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the validity of the winner-take-all and discrete transition assumptions in EEG microstate analysis.
  • To apply a geometric perspective to EEG data, treating microstate topographies as basis vectors.
  • To re-evaluate the nature of EEG microstates and their dynamics.

Main Methods:

  • Geometric analysis of EEG data.
  • Treating microstate topographies as basis vectors in channel space.
  • Analyzing Global Field Power (GFP) distributions and trajectory changes in sensor space.

Main Results:

  • Low Global Field Power (GFP) ranges showed overlapping microstate distance distributions, challenging the winner-take-all assumption.
  • Microstate separability was weak even at high GFP.
  • Analysis indicated gradual, continuous microstate transitions rather than discrete shifts.

Conclusions:

  • EEG microstates may not adhere to the strict winner-take-all principle.
  • Microstate transitions appear more continuous and gradual than previously assumed.
  • A conceptual shift towards spatially and temporally continuous EEG microstates is suggested.