[Eeglablist] How to properly dress electrode wires?

[Kaelasha Tyler]

Hi Nathan,

Most EEG systems I have worked with use a cap, in which the leads are
already gathered into one cord going to the EEG amp.

However I have worked with individual gold cup leads as a sleep scientist.
In these cases, we just use masking tape or some such to gather and group
leads together  and keep it tidy. Gather smaller bunches of leads into a
bunch, and then collecting all the bunches together towards the back of the
head or where ever is going to be convenient. This seems to work pretty
well, even when I have had sleep study participants sleeping and rolling
around in bed for 6 hours.
I also use an 8 lead OpenBCI EEG system as a hobby and do the same with
this.

Loose leads will exaggerate any artefact in the EEG from movement.

Hope that helps a little. Others may have more to offer.

Cheers,
Kaelasha






On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 7:12 PM Nathan Sanders <nesander at ncsu.edu> wrote:

> Hey Everyone,
>
> I've got a 64-electrode setup and the wires look like a rat's nest. I was
> wondering if you have any advice on how to professionally dress/arrange the
> electrode wires? Do you braid them? Use zipties? Use a cable management
> sleeve? Just let them hang loose? Does the way you dress the wires affect
> data quality? What other considerations are there?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Nathan
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