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

[Jenson, David Evans]

Would like to be part of this project.

Best,

-Dave Jenson

> On Nov 7, 2025, at 7:44 PM, Antonios Dougalis via eeglablist <eeglablist at sccn.ucsd.edu> wrote:
> 
> [EXTERNAL EMAIL]
> 
> Dear All,
> 
> I also work on cellular and network electrophysiology and the aperiodic
> elements as well as the oscillatory elements (and their interpretations) of
> signals are within my deep intertests. I like Prof Voytek's work and I also
> use FOOOF python scripts to measure these elements in EEG. Please also
> include me in the list, I am happy to help with analysis and/or
> interpretations
> 
> Kindest Regards
> 
> Antonios Dougalis
> 
>> On Thu, Nov 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM Valentina Bianco via eeglablist <
>> eeglablist at sccn.ucsd.edu> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> Thanks for the invitation.
>> I come from research on ERPs but I am implementing new kinds of analysis
>> using RSA and spectral analysis. I find this discussion on the 1/f very
>> interesting.
>> Please include me in the project.
>> 
>> Valentina Bianco
>> 
>> 
>> Il giorno gio 6 nov 2025 alle 07:09 Renzo Lanfranco via eeglablist <
>> eeglablist at sccn.ucsd.edu> ha scritto:
>> 
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> Thanks for the invitation. I’m quite new to these methods, but I’ve
>>> recently implemented the FOOOF/specparam to investigate the relationship
>>> between the oscillatory component of frequency bands in perceptual tasks
>>> during bodily illusions, and I find the discussion around the 1/f very
>>> interesting. If I can contribute, I’d be happy to.
>>> 
>>> Best,
>>> Renzo
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> From: eeglablist <eeglablist-bounces at sccn.ucsd.edu> on behalf of Hanna
>>> Szakács via eeglablist <eeglablist at sccn.ucsd.edu>
>>> Date: Wednesday, 5 November 2025 at 23:21
>>> To: Makoto Miyakoshi <mmiyakoshi at ucsd.edu>
>>> Cc: EEGLAB List <eeglablist at sccn.ucsd.edu>
>>> Subject: Re: [Eeglablist] Invitation to collaborate on an open paper
>> about
>>> EEG’s 1/f power distribution
>>> 
>>> Hello everyone,
>>> 
>>> I was reading the mentioned conversation with great interest. I'm no
>> expert
>>> in this field but would be interested to see how I could contribute.
>>> 
>>> Best wishes,
>>> Hanna
>>> 
>>> Makoto Miyakoshi via eeglablist <eeglablist at sccn.ucsd.edu> ezt írta
>>> (időpont: 2025. nov. 5., Sze, 3:02):
>>> 
>>>> 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://urldefense.com/v3/__https://sccn.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/eeglablist__;!!JmPEgBY0HMszNaDT!q5dKfX8mWvlEjwH_NoNlSFudNNRHATxVy6Wu19DHlo7AL_M_XEORh60mam5edHJUri9NV2Patgv-5FQkSaI9iUV9ORyR$      >>
>>>> **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://urldefense.com/v3/__https://sccn.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/eeglablist__;!!JmPEgBY0HMszNaDT!q5dKfX8mWvlEjwH_NoNlSFudNNRHATxVy6Wu19DHlo7AL_M_XEORh60mam5edHJUri9NV2Patgv-5FQkSaI9iUV9ORyR$      >>
>>>> *>* 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://urldefense.com/v3/__https://sccn.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/eeglablist__;!!JmPEgBY0HMszNaDT!q5dKfX8mWvlEjwH_NoNlSFudNNRHATxVy6Wu19DHlo7AL_M_XEORh60mam5edHJUri9NV2Patgv-5FQkSaI9iUV9ORyR$      > 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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