Comprehensive biosignal processing toolkit for analyzing physiological data including ECG, EEG, EDA, RSP, PPG, EMG, and EOG signals. Use this skill when processing cardiovascular signals, brain activity, electrodermal responses, respiratory patterns, muscle activity, or eye movements. Applicable for heart rate variability analysis, event-related potentials, complexity measures, autonomic nervous system assessment, psychophysiology research, and multi-modal physiological signal integration.
Comprehensive biosignal processing toolkit for analyzing physiological data including ECG, EEG, EDA, RSP, PPG, EMG, and EOG signals. Use this skill when processing cardiovascular signals, brain activity, electrodermal responses, respiratory patterns, muscle activity, or eye movements. Applicable for heart rate variability analysis, event-related potentials, complexity measures, autonomic nervous system assessment, psychophysiology research, and multi-modal physiological signal integration.
license
MIT license
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NeuroKit2
Overview
NeuroKit2 is a comprehensive Python toolkit for processing and analyzing physiological signals (biosignals). Use this skill to process cardiovascular, neural, autonomic, respiratory, and muscular signals for psychophysiology research, clinical applications, and human-computer interaction studies.
# All HRV indices at once
hrv_indices = nk.hrv(peaks, sampling_rate=1000)
# Domain-specific analysis
hrv_time = nk.hrv_time(peaks)
hrv_freq = nk.hrv_frequency(peaks, sampling_rate=1000)
hrv_nonlinear = nk.hrv_nonlinear(peaks, sampling_rate=1000)
hrv_rsa = nk.hrv_rsa(peaks, rsp_signal, sampling_rate=1000)
3. Brain Signal Analysis (EEG)
Analyze electroencephalography signals for frequency power, complexity, and microstate patterns. See references/eeg.md for detailed workflows and MNE integration.
Primary capabilities:
Frequency band power analysis (Delta, Theta, Alpha, Beta, Gamma)
Channel quality assessment and re-referencing
Source localization (sLORETA, MNE)
Microstate segmentation and transition dynamics
Global field power and dissimilarity measures
Key functions:
# Power analysis across frequency bands
power = nk.eeg_power(eeg_data, sampling_rate=250, channels=['Fz', 'Cz', 'Pz'])
# Microstate analysis
microstates = nk.microstates_segment(eeg_data, n_microstates=4, method='kmod')
static = nk.microstates_static(microstates)
dynamic = nk.microstates_dynamic(microstates)
4. Electrodermal Activity (EDA)
Process skin conductance signals for autonomic nervous system assessment. See references/eda.md for detailed workflows.
Primary workflows:
Signal decomposition into tonic and phasic components
Skin conductance response (SCR) detection and analysis
Sympathetic nervous system index calculation
Autocorrelation and changepoint detection
Key functions:
# Complete EDA processing
signals, info = nk.eda_process(eda_signal, sampling_rate=100)
# Analyze EDA data
analysis = nk.eda_analyze(signals, sampling_rate=100)
# Sympathetic nervous system activity
sympathetic = nk.eda_sympathetic(signals, sampling_rate=100)
5. Respiratory Signal Processing (RSP)
Analyze breathing patterns and respiratory variability. See references/rsp.md for detailed workflows.
Primary capabilities:
Respiratory rate calculation and variability analysis
Breathing amplitude and symmetry assessment
Respiratory volume per time (fMRI applications)
Respiratory amplitude variability (RAV)
Key functions:
# Complete RSP processing
signals, info = nk.rsp_process(rsp_signal, sampling_rate=100)
# Respiratory rate variability
rrv = nk.rsp_rrv(signals, sampling_rate=100)
# Respiratory volume per time
rvt = nk.rsp_rvt(signals, sampling_rate=100)
6. Electromyography (EMG)
Process muscle activity signals for activation detection and amplitude analysis. See references/emg.md for workflows.
Publication: Makowski et al. (2021). NeuroKit2: A Python toolbox for neurophysiological signal processing. Behavior Research Methods. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-020-01516-y
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