SPARK · Cognitive Neuroscience · Real-world neuroscience

Real-world neuroscience: the brain studied where it works

SPARK takes the measurement out of the lab: brain activity, heart, head movements, behaviour and task data, recorded together in the real situation, on one clock.

01 · What it measures

What the platform records

Brain activity

Recorded during the task, with the quality of every channel checked.

Physiology and movement

Heart rhythm and head movements, to set the brain signal apart from effort and motion.

Task and performance

What was done, when, and how well, on the same timeline.

02 · What it brings

Ecological validity, measured

Many effects observed in the lab are never tested under real pressure. SPARK makes that test possible.

Measured signals are kept apart from the states inferred from them, so every finding stays traceable to the raw recording.

From the lab to the field.

03 · In practice

How it is used, and for whom

How it is used

The sensor is worn during the real task. Recordings are kept in the cloud and exported in EDF+ or CSV, for analysis in the researcher's own tools.

Who it's for

  • Neuroscience laboratories
  • Human factors research
  • Sport science
  • Universities
04 · An example

A study outside the laboratory

  1. The situation

    A team studies attention during a real task rather than in a quiet room.

  2. What the measurement shows

    Brain activity, heart, head movements and the task are on the same clock, with the quality of each channel checked.

  3. What is done with it

    The team compares its findings with laboratory results, and exports the recordings to its own tools.

05 · Questions

Frequently asked questions

Why measure outside the lab?

Because what holds in a quiet room does not always hold under real pressure: the question of ecological validity.

How are motion artefacts handled?

Head movements and channel quality are recorded with the signal, so the brain signal can be set apart from motion.

In which formats are the data available?

EDF+ for brain activity and CSV for tables, to open in the usual analysis tools.

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