Tutorials These tutorial pages suppose you are comfortable with the basic concepts of MEG/EEG analysis and source imaging. If you're not, we encourage you to read some background literature. To get a quick overview of the software interface, you can watch this introduction video. Get started The easiest way to get started with Brainstorm is to read and follow carefully these introduction ...
How to cite Brainstorm See this dedicated page: How to cite Brainstorm. Publications from Brainstorm users Updated: 16-Feb-2025 Number of peer-reviewed articles and book chapters published using Brainstorm: 4390 (Up to February 2026) Articles and book chapters mentioning the use of Brainstorm in their methods.
Type "brainstorm" in the command window When asked for the Brainstorm database folder, pick the "brainstorm_db" you have just created Follow all the introduction tutorials in the section "Get started": Tutorials Without Matlab Download the Runtime R2023a (9.14) for your operating system: Mathworks website Install the Matlab Runtime:
Introduction Brainstorm is a collaborative, open-source application dedicated to the analysis of brain recordings: MEG, EEG, fNIRS, ECoG, depth electrodes and multiunit electrophysiology. The application is free; a Matlab license is not required to use it. Our objective is to share a comprehensive set of user-friendly tools with the scientific community using MEG/EEG as an experimental ...
brainstorm.mat: Brainstorm user preferences. defaults/: Anatomy templates downloaded by Brainstorm. mex/: Some mex files that have to be recompiled. plugins/: Plugins downloaded by Brainstorm (see tutorial Plugins). process/: Personal process folder (see tutorial How to write your own process). reports/: Execution reports (see tutorial Run ...
Brainstorm is a collaborative, open-source application dedicated to the analysis of brain recordings: MEG, EEG, fNIRS, ECoG, depth electrodes and animal electrophysiology.