FieldTrip versus MNE-Python – what is better?

Last Updated on February 21, 2024 by pg@petergamma.org

FieldTrip

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.

https://www.fieldtriptoolbox.org/

MNE-Python

MNE-Python is an open-source Python package for exploring, visualizing, and analyzing human neurophysiological data: MEG, EEG, sEEG, ECoG, NIRS, and more.

https://mne.tools/stable/index.html

Choose Matlab if your budget allows. Peter Gamma, Director of the Meditation Research Institute Switzerland (MRIS) does know almost nothing about Fieldtrip and NME Python. But Peter has downloaded MNE-Python once and installed it, but not Fieldtrip. Peter prefers Python over Matlab.