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Generative mechanisms and scaling laws of EEG suggest an alternative physiological interpretation of ICA

2026-01-29 neurology Title + abstract only
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In this study, we subject the conventional physiological interpretation of independent component analysis (ICA) applied to EEG, the small-patch model, to systematic falsification, and propose an alternative large-patch model. The small-patch model assumes that ICs correspond to localized cortical patches with < 1 cm{superscript 2}. However, this assumption has remained unvalidated. The small-patch model predicts that approximately 70% of sources are localized within sulci up to 15 mm deep, with ...

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