Recommended Standards and Practices for Brain Electrical Activity Mapping and Topographic Analysis

Topographic mapping of neuroelectrical data has experienced a rapid escalation in acceptance and usage over the past several years. Neuroscientists and clinicians are becoming increasingly reliant on the powerful data-interpretation and statistical-analysis capabilities of the various topographic mapping technologies to assist them in clinical diagnosis and research. Unfortunately, the standardization of practice and quality control that should be concomitant with this growth is lacking. There appears to be a substantial range of perceptions by users of these devices as to what BEAM can and should be used to do.