[Eeglablist] special issue mobile EEG

[Maarten De Vos]

Call for contributions for a special Issue „Towards mobile EEG: out of 
the lab and into the field“

We are happy to announce that there are still a few slots available in 
our special issue on mobile EEG, edited by Maarten De Vos and Stefan 
Debener in the International Journal of Psychophysiology.  In case of 
interest to participate, please contact the editors (email below) 
directly with the proposed topic before 4th of Februari.

Topic: Until very recently, all established technologies for the 
noninvasive study of human brain function have been confined to the 
highly controlled laboratory environment. Wired EEG technology does not 
tolerate substantial head, body or equipment motion as well. 
Additionally, experiments aim to carefully control for all variables 
unrelated to the variable of interest. The result is a highly artificial 
recording condition, which poses heavy limitations on the validity of 
the results for unconstrained, natural behavior. However, recent 
advances in mobile technology have made it likely that some of these 
limitations could be overcome in the near future. This holds great 
promise for applied fields of psychophysiology, such as attention and 
cognitive performance monitoring in working environments, social 
neurosciences, and emotion research. Moreover, the flexibility offered 
by the devices will also increase the applicability of EEG 
investigations, for example in neurofeedback training programs or BCI 
applications.

The contributions to this issue will focus on various aspects, aiming 
to foster the application of mobile EEG and eye-tracking outside of the 
lab. Contributions are welcomed on:

•	technological advances of mobile recordings,
•	applications that can profit from mobile recordings

Maarten De Vos (maarten.de.vos at uni-oldenburg.de) and Stefan Debener 
(Stefan.debener at uni-oldenburg.de)