The effect of power spectral density on the electroencephalography of autistic children based on the welch periodogram method

Abstract

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a serious mental disorder affecting social behavior. Some children also face intellectual delay. In people with ASD, the signals detected have abnormalities compared to normal people. This can be a reference in diagnosing the disorder with electroencephalography (EEG). This study will analyze the effect of Power spectral density (PSD) on the EEG of autistic children and also compare it with the PSD value on the EEG of normal children using the Welch Periodogram method approach. In the preprocessing stage, the Independent Component Analysis (ICA) method will be applied to remove artifacts, and a Finite Impulse Response (FIR) filter to reduce noise in the EEG signal. The study results indicate differences in the PSD values ​​obtained in the autistic and normal EEG signals. The PSD value obtained in the autistic EEG signal is higher than the normal EEG signal in all frequency sub-bands. From the study results, the highest PSD value obtained by the autistic EEG signal is in the delta sub-band, which is 54.06 dB/Hz, while the normal EEG signal is only 33.14 dB/Hz at the same frequency sub-band. And in the Alpha and Beta sub-bands, the normal EEG signal increases the PSD value, while in the autistic EEG signal, the PSD value decreases in the Alpha and Beta sub-bands. In addition, FIR and ICA methods can also reduce noise and artifacts contained in autistic and normal EEG signals.