23.06.2025

Introducing “The Mind & Muscles”, the first experimental approach in archaeological sciences for simultaneously recording brain (EEG) and muscle (EMG) activation patterns during stone tool use

New open-access publication in PLOS ONE by junior research group members Brienna Eteson et al. (with step-by-step protocol)

We are pleased to share the following open-access publication in PLOS ONE by junior research group members Brienna Eteson et al. introducing “The Mind & Muscles”, the first experimental approach in archaeological sciences for simultaneously recording brain (EEG) and muscle (EMG) activation patterns during stone tool use:

Eteson, B., Affinito, S., & Karakostis, F. A. (2025). The mind & muscles: Introducing a validated EEG/EMG protocol for recording cognitive-muscular interactions in experimental archaeology. PLOS ONE, 20(5). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0324103 

This is accompanied by a comprehensive step-by-step protoocol:  
https://dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.36wgqnxbygk5/v1