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%matplotlib inline

Compute all-to-all connectivity in sensor space

Computes the Phase Lag Index (PLI) between all gradiometers and shows the connectivity in 3D using the helmet geometry. The left visual stimulation data are used which produces strong connectvitiy in the right occipital sensors.



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# Author: Martin Luessi <mluessi@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu>
#
# License: BSD (3-clause)

import mne
from mne import io
from mne.connectivity import spectral_connectivity
from mne.datasets import sample
from mne.viz import plot_sensors_connectivity

print(__doc__)

Set parameters



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data_path = sample.data_path()
raw_fname = data_path + '/MEG/sample/sample_audvis_filt-0-40_raw.fif'
event_fname = data_path + '/MEG/sample/sample_audvis_filt-0-40_raw-eve.fif'

# Setup for reading the raw data
raw = io.read_raw_fif(raw_fname)
events = mne.read_events(event_fname)

# Add a bad channel
raw.info['bads'] += ['MEG 2443']

# Pick MEG gradiometers
picks = mne.pick_types(raw.info, meg='grad', eeg=False, stim=False, eog=True,
                       exclude='bads')

# Create epochs for the visual condition
event_id, tmin, tmax = 3, -0.2, 1.5  # need a long enough epoch for 5 cycles
epochs = mne.Epochs(raw, events, event_id, tmin, tmax, picks=picks,
                    baseline=(None, 0), reject=dict(grad=4000e-13, eog=150e-6))

# Compute connectivity for band containing the evoked response.
# We exclude the baseline period
fmin, fmax = 3., 9.
sfreq = raw.info['sfreq']  # the sampling frequency
tmin = 0.0  # exclude the baseline period
epochs.load_data().pick_types(meg='grad')  # just keep MEG and no EOG now
con, freqs, times, n_epochs, n_tapers = spectral_connectivity(
    epochs, method='pli', mode='multitaper', sfreq=sfreq, fmin=fmin, fmax=fmax,
    faverage=True, tmin=tmin, mt_adaptive=False, n_jobs=1)

# Now, visualize the connectivity in 3D
plot_sensors_connectivity(epochs.info, con[:, :, 0])