<p>I don't have experience with consumer grade EEG,  but at fp1 and fp2 you should be able to measure the P3a response. Given the high impedance you will need a lot of trials,  but the response is typically seen at fp1 and fp2 in research. 
<a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168559798000331" rel="nofollow">http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168559798000331</a></p>

<p>For the Tp sites they are a bit posterior but you may be able to pick up the T complex.  Typically this response is measured at more anterior sites. 
<a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1388245703000051" rel="nofollow">http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1388245703000051</a></p>

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<p>I'm looking for cognitively interesting event-related potentials at places like FP1, FP2, TP9 or TP10 that can be measured with consumer-grade EEG hardware. Right now I have an Interaxon Muse EEG and want to see how effective it can be for capturing ERPs.  Does anyone have any experience/recommendations?</p>

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FP1, FP2, TP9 and TP10 are some of the worst places to look at if you want to see cognitive activity, incidentally.
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This is kind of the inverse order of doing research. Normally you form a hypothesis based on literature after which you look for the appropriate tool.  It seems you take a tool-oriented design, as opposed to a goal-oriented design. How come?
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With this question, I'm looking to see what is possible with consumer-grade products where research can be crowdsourced (relatively) cheaply. This boosts the potential sample size for various studies, and also makes it more practical to do personalized discovery research -- how does *my* brain respond in these situations, how does that change in various conditions, how is it different than others, etc. I realize that there are statistical caveats and tradeoffs involved, especially given the noise level of EEG. But I think that progress can be made while being mindful of these factors.
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What cognitively interesting event-related potentials at FP1, FP2, TP9 or TP10 can be measured with consumer-grade EEG hardware?
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# What cognitively interesting event-related potentials at FP1, FP2, TP9 or TP10 can be measured with consumer-grade EEG hardware?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-12-10)

I'm looking for cognitively interesting event-related potentials at places like FP1, FP2, TP9 or TP10 that can be measured with consumer-grade EEG hardware. Right now I have an Interaxon Muse EEG and want to see how effective it can be for capturing ERPs. Does anyone have any experience/recommendations?

**Tags:** cognitive-psychology, cognitive-neuroscience, eeg, event-related-potential

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: FP1, FP2, TP9 and TP10 are some of the worst places to look at if you want to see cognitive activity, incidentally.  
> **username_2**: This is kind of the inverse order of doing research. Normally you form a hypothesis based on literature after which you look for the appropriate tool.  It seems you take a tool-oriented design, as opposed to a goal-oriented design. How come?  
> **username_0**: With this question, I'm looking to see what is possible with consumer-grade products where research can be crowdsourced (relatively) cheaply. This boosts the potential sample size for various studies, and also makes it more practical to do personalized discovery research -- how does *my* brain respond in these situations, how does that change in various conditions, how is it different than others, etc. I realize that there are statistical caveats and tradeoffs involved, especially given the noise level of EEG. But I think that progress can be made while being mindful of these factors.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2016-06-29. Score: 2

I don't have experience with consumer grade EEG, but at fp1 and fp2 you should be able to measure the P3a response. Given the high impedance you will need a lot of trials, but the response is typically seen at fp1 and fp2 in research.
<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168559798000331>

For the Tp sites they are a bit posterior but you may be able to pick up the T complex. Typically this response is measured at more anterior sites.
<http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1388245703000051>


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