function [sac, radius] = microsacc_plugin(x,vel,VFAC,MINDUR,MSDX,MSDY) %------------------------------------------------------------------- % % FUNCTION microsacc.m % Detection of monocular candidates for microsaccades; % Please cite: Engbert, R., & Mergenthaler, K. (2006) Microsaccades % are triggered by low retinal image slip. Proceedings of the National % Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 103: 7192-7197. % % (Version 2.1, 03 OCT 05) % %------------------------------------------------------------------- % % INPUT: % % x(:,1:2) position vector % vel(:,1:2) velocity vector % VFAC relative velocity threshold % MINDUR minimal saccade duration % Optional inputs (modification by OD for plugin:) % MSDX threshold for x-component (horizontal) % MSDY threshold for y-component (vertical) % OUTPUT: % % sac(1:num,1) onset of saccade % sac(1:num,2) end of saccade % sac(1:num,3) peak velocity of saccade (vpeak) % sac(1:num,4) horizontal component (dx) % sac(1:num,5) vertical component (dy) % sac(1:num,6) horizontal amplitude (dX) % sac(1:num,7) vertical amplitude (dY) % % %------------------------------------------------------------------- % Note by olaf.dimigen@hu-berlin.de (2012): % This version of microsacc() has been modified for use with the EYE-EEG toolbox. % msdx and msdy can now be provided as function inputs. Their computation % is outsourced into new function velthresh(), which contains code that was % formerly part of microsacc(). Helpful to compute threholds globally % (over all data epochs of a subject) or to apply fixed thresholds. %------------------------------------------------------------------- % // changes to original microsacc() % // olaf.dimigen@hu-berlin.de if nargin < 5 [msdx msdy] = velthresh(vel); else msdx = MSDX; msdy = MSDY; end % // end of changes radiusx = VFAC*msdx; radiusy = VFAC*msdy; radius = [radiusx radiusy]; % compute test criterion: ellipse equation test = (vel(:,1)/radiusx).^2 + (vel(:,2)/radiusy).^2; indx = find(test>1); % determine saccades N = length(indx); sac = []; nsac = 0; dur = 1; a = 1; k = 1; while k=MINDUR nsac = nsac + 1; b = k; sac(nsac,:) = [indx(a) indx(b)]; end a = k+1; dur = 1; end k = k + 1; end % check for minimum duration if dur>=MINDUR nsac = nsac + 1; b = k; sac(nsac,:) = [indx(a) indx(b)]; end % compute peak velocity, horizonal and vertical components for s=1:nsac % onset and offset a = sac(s,1); b = sac(s,2); % saccade peak velocity (vpeak) vpeak = max( sqrt( vel(a:b,1).^2 + vel(a:b,2).^2 ) ); sac(s,3) = vpeak; % saccade vector (dx,dy) dx = x(b,1)-x(a,1); dy = x(b,2)-x(a,2); sac(s,4) = dx; sac(s,5) = dy; % saccade amplitude (dX,dY) i = sac(s,1):sac(s,2); [minx, ix1] = min(x(i,1)); [maxx, ix2] = max(x(i,1)); [miny, iy1] = min(x(i,2)); [maxy, iy2] = max(x(i,2)); dX = sign(ix2-ix1)*(maxx-minx); dY = sign(iy2-iy1)*(maxy-miny); sac(s,6:7) = [dX dY]; end