[Eeglablist] Invitation to collaborate on an open paper about EEG’s 1/f power distribution

Thu Nov 6 09:36:37 PST 2025

Dear Makoto,
I would be very interested to participate in this open project.
Thank you

On Thu, Nov 6, 2025, 4:05 PM Anirudh George via eeglablist <
eeglablist at sccn.ucsd.edu> wrote:

> Dear Makato and the members of the EEGLab community,
>
> I am a clinical neuropsychologist and currently attempting to apply EEG to
> neurorehab.
>
> And I am very interested in collaborating and contributing to this project.
> Since I am just a beginner in EEG data analysis, I'd be happy to contribute
> to any basic pre-processing, or other simple processing steps that might
> need to be done for the project.
> I am also happy to help with any literature review, or any other tasks that
> would help the project.
>
> Kind regards,
> Anirudh
>
> On Thu, Nov 6, 2025 at 9:18 AM Rodrigo Jhampier Cáceres Robles via
> eeglablist <eeglablist at sccn.ucsd.edu> wrote:
>
> > Hello Makoto and all members of this community.
> >
> > I would be very interested in joining this collaborative project.
> > I’m new to this kind of community initiative, but I’m eager to contribute
> > and learn more about the 1/f characteristics of EEG.
> >
> > My background is in experimental psychology, and I currently work with
> > rodent EEG data in preclinical models of epilepsy. I would be glad to
> help
> > with data analysis, literature review, or any other task that supports
> the
> > group’s effort.
> >
> > Looking forward to collaborating with the group.
> >
> >
> > El mar, 4 nov 2025 a la(s) 8:46 p.m., Makoto Miyakoshi via eeglablist (
> > eeglablist at sccn.ucsd.edu) escribió:
> >
> > > Hello EEGLAB mailing list,
> > >
> > > Some of you may recall the long, dense, and ever-continuing discussion
> we
> > > witnessed this summer about EEG’s 1/f power distribution. I’m sure many
> > of
> > > you wondered, “Can they please stop quoting papers while speaking?”
> That
> > > conversation seemed to have ended on the list. But it has continued
> > > off-list! And now, it has led to the idea of writing a collaborative
> > paper.
> > >
> > > We’d like to invite anyone interested to join this open project. You
> > don’t
> > > need to be a specialist; genuine curiosity and a willingness to
> > contribute
> > > are what matter most.
> > >
> > > If you’d like to participate, please reply to this mailing list so that
> > > everyone can stay in the loop.
> > >
> > > For those curious, I’ve also included below a brief history of EEGLAB
> > > mailing list–initiated publications.
> > >
> > > Makoto
> > >
> > > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> > > There have been several papers initiated through collaborations among
> the
> > > EEGLAB mailing list community and myself. Perhaps the most memorable
> one
> > > was the *ICA's bug *paper:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/signal-processing/articles/10.3389/frsip.2023.1064138/full__;!!Mih3wA!Cbh-YHezfgaqMmBE5W3ZEgrQrVWaUWYz-KTmrvjznnSBUe4gGGPHnTU4wiXAUjuTUdp3kJzk20zqxfyCe0Sn4D1t7BQ$
> > >
> > > We can find the origin of this project in the following post.
> > >
> > > *On Fri, May 7, 2021 at 2:25 PM Makoto Miyakoshi <mmiyakoshi at
> > > ucsd.edu <https://sccn.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/eeglablist    >>
> > > **Dear subscribers,
> > > **Recently, there are multiple independent posts about the data rank
> > > issue **with ICA. In response, I am thinking about running a
> > > simulation **experiment **with a visiting scholar to SCCN as a small
> > > project on this issue for **publication. I would appreciate it if you
> > > can give me any of the **following **as an input.*
> > >
> > > I made it festive: I invited a high-school intern to join as a
> co-author
> > > (his coding skill was GOOD); I also invited a person whose name had
> been
> > > mysteriously engraved for over a decade in an annotation of EEGLAB’s
> code
> > > in question; I cited four authorities via unfashionable “private
> > > communication”; and yes, I gave the paper a catchy title that the first
> > > author did not like… etc., etc.
> > >
> > > >* > On Fri, May 7, 2021 at 2:25 PM Makoto Miyakoshi <mmiyakoshi at
> > > ucsd.edu <https://sccn.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/eeglablist    >>
> > > *>* wrote:
> > > *>* >
> > > *>* >> Dear subscribers,
> > > *>* >>
> > > *>* >> Recently, there are multiple independent posts about the data
> rank
> > > issue
> > > *>* >> with ICA. In response, I am thinking about running a simulation
> > > *>* experiment
> > > *>* >> with a visiting scholar to SCCN as a small project on this issue
> > for
> > > *>* >> publication. I would appreciate it if you can give me any of the
> > > *>* following
> > > *>* >> as an input.
> > > *>* >>
> > > *>* >>   - Questions (what is puzzling for you? No need to be shy for
> > > asking
> > > *>* >>   'dumb questions')
> > > *>* >>   - Requests (if you want to know particularly X and/or Y on
> this
> > > issue,
> > > *>* >>   I may be able to give you the answer based on the simulation
> > test)
> > > *>* >>   - Suggestions (about methods, data type, applications, etc)
> > > *>* >>   - Reports (when ICA failed, what did you see?)
> > > *>* >>
> > > *>* >> If you are interested in working with me to make a contribution
> to
> > > this
> > > *>* >> small project, please reply or contact me mmiyakoshi at
> > > ucsd.edu. <https://sccn.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/eeglablist    > If
> your
> > > *>* >> contribution is substantial, I'll offer you to be a coauthor.
> > > Probably
> > > *>* we
> > > *>* >> will need as many strange results as possible...?
> > > *>* >>
> > > *>* >> Probably this is the first attempt to run an open experiment on
> > the
> > > *>* EEGLAB
> > > *>* >> mailing list--please join us and let's find out what happens!
> > > *>* >>
> > > *>* >> Makoto*
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