Export Single Trial Data

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Rationale

This article describes how to export single-trial EEG or MEG raw data for further analysis in an external program, e.g. in Matlab.

Steps to follow

1 Load data in BESA

The data are then displayed in the review window. Now you can either

  • use the ERP module to define a condition and reject any trials with artifacts (see the BESA Help section on ERP for more information), or
  • directly move to the export of all epochs around a particular trigger.

2 Export data from BESA

Select "File -> Export...". The export dialog opens:

Figure 1 "Export data"-dialog

Make sure that the options "Epochs around triggers" and "Original data" are selected. In the section "Target formats", choose the option of choice:

  • If you want to create ASCII files for offline analysis, select "ASCII multiplexed" or "ASCII vectorized"
  • If you want to analyze data directly in Matlab, select "Send to MATLAB"

For the "Interval..." select a long enough time span: