Using Mobile EEG to Investigate Alpha and Beta Asymmetries During Hand and Foot Use.

ABSTRACT: The Edinburgh Handedness Inventory (EHI) and the Waterloo Footedness Questionnaire (WFQ) are two of the most widely used questionnaires to assess lateralized everyday behavior in human participants. However, it is unclear to what extent the specific behavior assessed in these questionnaires elicit lateralized neural activity when performed in real-life situations. To illuminate this unresolved issue, we assessed EEG alpha and beta asymmetries during real-life performance of the behaviors assessed in the EHI and WFQ using a mobile EEG system. This methodology provides high ecological validity for studying neural correlates of motor behavior under more naturalistic conditions. Our results indicate that behavioral performance of items of both the EHI and WFQ differentiate between left- and ri

SUBMITTER: Packheiser J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7033815 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature