EEG Lab
Course

Evidence & boundaries

Sources, safety,
and scope.

EEG is powerful because it is sensitive. Learning to read it also means learning where interpretation must stop.

This page identifies the standards and teaching resources that anchor EEG Lab. External publications remain the work of their respective authors and publishers.

Before you begin

Know the boundary.

Educational use only

A lesson is not a diagnosis.

EEG Lab is an educational resource, not medical advice, a diagnostic service, or a substitute for supervised clinical training. Do not use its examples to diagnose, exclude, or treat epilepsy or any other condition. A qualified clinician must interpret EEG findings alongside the history, examination, medicines, and other investigations.

Activation safety

Do not recreate activation procedures.

Do not perform hyperventilation, intermittent photic stimulation, deliberate sleep deprivation, medication changes, or other clinical activation procedures on yourself or another person based on this course. These procedures can provoke symptoms or seizures and require appropriate screening, equipment, supervision, stop criteria, and emergency readiness.

Reading list

Authoritative starting points.

A

Standards and shared language

  1. Consensus standard · PDF IFCN–ILAE minimum recording standards 2023 guidance for routine and sleep EEG recording, including technical and procedural minimums.
  2. Clinical glossary · PDF IFCN glossary of clinical EEG terms The 2017 revision provides consistent descriptive vocabulary and a framework for clinical reporting.
  3. Critical care terminology · Full text ACNS standardized critical care EEG terminology The 2021 version defines a common descriptive language for rhythmic and periodic ICU EEG patterns.

B

Clinical context and visual reading

  1. Clinical guideline NICE: epilepsy diagnosis and assessment Guidance on placing EEG within a broader diagnostic assessment rather than treating it as a stand-alone test.
  2. AES atlas chapter · Full text The normal EEG An American Epilepsy Society teaching chapter on normal rhythms, state changes, and common variants.
  3. AES atlas chapter · Full text EEG artifacts An illustrated teaching chapter on physiologic, electrode, movement, and environmental contamination.

C

Open data for reproducible practice

  1. PhysioNet dataset EEG Motor Movement/Imagery Dataset EEG recordings from motor and motor-imagery tasks for signal-processing and research exercises.
  2. PhysioNet dataset CHB–MIT Scalp EEG Database De-identified pediatric scalp EEG recordings with annotated seizures for appropriately scoped research practice.

Use with care

A link is a doorway, not a licence.

Before reusing text, figures, signals, or metadata, read the destination’s current licence and citation instructions. EEG Lab links to these resources for study; it does not transfer permission to republish their content.