% pop_ploteventrate() - plot rate of (micro)saccades or fixations relative to % the epoch time-locking event (usually stimulus onset) % % Usage: % >> [times rate] = pop_ploteventrate(EEG) % % Inputs: % EEG - [string] EEG struct. EEG must already contain detected % saccades and/or fixations in EEG.event, either imported from % the (Eyelink) raw data (>> pop_importeyetracker()) or % detected later using function pop_detecteyemovements() % % rate_event - [string] name of event (in EEG.event). This % could be "saccade" (default) or "fixation" % % % Outputs: % timebins - time points for plotting the rate % ratepersec - frequency of events for plotting the rate % all_lats - [double] latencies of all events of type "rate_event" % % Plots figure showing average rate (events per second) of the "rate_event" % relative to time-locking event of the epoch % % This functions requires that saccade or fixation events were already % imported or detected using pop_detecteyemovements() % % Note: this function is for epoched data only, because it plots the rate of % event relative to the time-locking event(s) of the epochs. A rate plot % for continuous data would not make too much sense. % % See also: pop_ploteventrate, pop_detecteyemovements, pop_ploteyemovments % % Example: A call to this function might look like this: % >> [times4plot, rate4plot, all_lats] = ploteventrate(EEG,'saccade') % to make your own plots % % Note: if you plot the rate of fixations in epoched data, it will be % very high in the first sample of the epoch, since the start of an % epoch is also usually (by definition) the start of a fixation, if % fixations were detected in epoched data rather than continuous data % (and if the epoch does not start with a saccade, which is less likely). % % Author: od % Copyright (C) 2009-2017 Olaf Dimigen, HU Berlin % olaf.dimigen@hu-berlin.de % Plans for future versions % -- Allow to enter multiple event types that will be plotted on top of % each other % -- Fix problem that "fixation" events are numerous at the first sample % of an epoch, which is completely logical but distracting % This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify % it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by % the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or % (at your option) any later version. % % This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, % but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of % MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the % GNU General Public License for more details. % % You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License % along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software % Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA function [timebins, ratepersec, all_lats] = ploteventrate(EEG,rate_event) if nargin < 2 help(mfilename); return; end if size(EEG.data,3) == 1 fprintf('\n%s: Your dataset is continuous.\n',mfilename) warning(sprintf('pop_ploteventrate() plots an event rate relative to the epoch time-locking event.\nIt therefore only works on epoched datasets.')) return; end %% plotting constants (change as you like) AVG_EVENTS_PER_BIN = 30; BINS_FOR_SMOOTHING = 5; % smooth with moving avg. across X bins try %% check whether any "rate_event" is present in EEG.event if ~isempty(rate_event) ix_re = find(cellfun(@(x) strcmp(x,rate_event),{EEG.event.type}), 1); if isempty(ix_re) warning('%s(): No events of type %s were found in EEG.event. Cannot plot their rate.', mfilename, rate_event) return end else error('%s rate_event not defined!',mfilename) end %% compute latencies of the event-of-choice [dummy, lats] = eeg_getepochevent(EEG,rate_event,[],'latency'); % output in ms all_lats = cell2mat(lats); %% estimate a reasonable number of "bins" for the rate histogram binsteps = round(1000 ./ (length(all_lats)./AVG_EVENTS_PER_BIN)); edges = EEG.times(1):binsteps:EEG.times(end); %% get histogram of events n_abs = histc(all_lats,edges); % instead of histcounts() [backw. compatibility] % n_abs = histcounts(all_lats,edges); %% compute rate per second (normalize histogram) epochduration = EEG.pnts./EEG.srate; n_per_sec = (n_abs / EEG.trials) / (epochduration/length(edges)); % n_per_sec_smooth = smooth(n_per_sec,BINS_FOR_SMOOTHING); % moving average n_per_sec_smooth = movingAverage(n_per_sec, BINS_FOR_SMOOTHING); % avoids commerical toolbox function smooth() %% plot rate figure figure; hold on; figtitle = sprintf('Rate of %s events',rate_event); title(figtitle); bar(edges,n_per_sec,'k'); p2 = plot(edges,n_per_sec_smooth,'r','linewidth',2); l = legend(p2,sprintf('Rate smoothed over %i bins',BINS_FOR_SMOOTHING)); set(l,'box','off'); box on xlim([EEG.times(1) EEG.times(end)]) xlabel('Time after time-locking event [ms]') ylabel(sprintf('%s events per second',rate_event)) timebins = edges; ratepersec = n_per_sec; catch err if (strcmp(err.identifier,'MATLAB:unassignedOutputs')) return else rethrow(err); end end end % function ploteventrate % function movingAverage % helper function for smoothing: convolve with kernel to do moving average function y = movingAverage(xx, w) k = ones(1, w)/w; % create kernel for convolution y = conv(xx,k,'same'); end