Welcome to the FieldTrip website
FieldTrip is the MATLAB software toolbox for MEG, EEG and iEEG analysis, which is released free of charge as open source software under the GNU general public license. FieldTrip is developed by members and collaborators of the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour at Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Please cite the reference paper when you have used FieldTrip in your study.
Robert Oostenveld, Pascal Fries, Eric Maris, and Jan-Mathijs Schoffelen. FieldTrip: Open Source Software for Advanced Analysis of MEG, EEG, and Invasive Electrophysiological Data. Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience, 2011; 2011:156869.
To get started, head over to the getting started documentation and the tutorials.
Latest release
The latest code developments can be tracked in detail on GitHub.
18 November, 2021
FieldTrip version 20211118 has been released with support for the oxy5 fNIRS files from Artinis devices. Furthermore, there have been various small bug fixes and improvements. And most importantly: upon start-up you will be greeted with some cool ASCII art. See GitHub for the detailed list of updates.
Recent citations
These are recent citations on Pubmed, you can find a more complete list on Google Scholar.
Recruitment of a long-term memory supporting neural network during repeated maintenance of a multi-item abstract visual image in working memory
Heinen KT, Kenemans JL, van der Stigchel S Scientific Reports, 2022 Jan 12; 12:575.
EEG signatures change during unilateral Yogi nasal breathing
Niazi IK, Navid MS, Bartley J, Shepherd D, Pedersen M, Burns G, Taylor D, White DE Scientific Reports, 2022 Jan 11; 12:520.
Simultaneous measurement of intra-epidermal electric detection thresholds and evoked potentials for observation of nociceptive processing following sleep deprivation
van den Berg B, Hijma HJ, Koopmans I, Doll RJ, Zuiker RG, Groeneveld GJ, Buitenweg JR Experimental Brain Research, 2022 Jan 7; :1-19.
Prediction of Learned Resistance or Helplessness by Hippocampal-Prefrontal Cortical Network Activity during Stress
Marques DB, Ruggiero RN, Bueno-Junior LS, Rossignoli MT, Leite JP The Journal of Neuroscience, 2022 Jan 5; 42(1):81-96.
The heartbeat evoked potential is a questionable biomarker in nightmare disorder: A replication study
Bogdány T, Perakakis P, Bódizs R, Simor P NeuroImage : Clinical, 2021 Dec 31; 33:102933.
News and announcements
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19 December, 2021
Recently we have had some issues with the automatic updating of the website, most notably resulting in the download form being broken. It is now hopefully solved with this fix.
20 October, 2021
The example page on determining the number of subjects to obtain a certain statistical power when using cluster-based permutation tests has been updated by Dr. Cheng Wang with an explanation how to use it for 2×N interaction effects.
05 October, 2021
This week CuttingEEG2021 is taking place as a (in part) real life event, in Aix-en-Provence. Robert and Jan-Mathijs presented a hands-on training to spectrally analyse EEG data on short and long time scales. To this end, we created a brand new tutorial that also highlights the relatively new feature to represent trls and trialinfo fields as tables. The latter feature relies on data being represented in the BIDS-format. Feel free to check out this new tutorial about time-frequency analysis on short and long timescales.
9 July 2021
Artinis, a NIRS company located close to Nijmegen and involved as technical partner in quite a few projects with the Donders Institute and the Radboud University, is writing a series of blog posts on using various analysis toolboxes for fNIRS data. This week they released a blog post on using FieldTrip for the analysis of fNIRS data appeared. Please check it out if you are interested. You can also check out other documentation here on this website that is tagged with NIRS.
30 April, 2021
From 19-23 April 2021 we hosted the Donders MEG/EEG Tool-kit. Although we would have loved to physically host the toolkit in Nijmegen, the ongoing COVID situation still restricts traveling and large meetings. We had a great week online with over 40 participants and 20 tutors, spanning 10 time zones. Thanks to all participants and tutors for the friendly atmosphere and the constructive interactions!
29 March, 2021
It is recommended and sometimes even required to provide a sample size estimation prior to starting your data acquisition. Dr. Cheng Wang has contributed a very nice example page that demonstrates how to determine the number of subjects to obtain a certain statistical power, also when using cluster-based permutation tests.
If you also want to contribute an example page, please see here.
18 March, 2021
From 19-23 April 2021 we will again host the Donders MEG/EEG Tool-kit. Although we would have loved to welcome you in-person in Nijmegen, the ongoing COVID situation restricts traveling and large meetings. However, last year we experienced that in an online format the toolkit course is also really fun, effective and rewarding! Preregistration is now open, please see here for further details.