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 # EyeCatch
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 A fully automatic algorithm, implemented in MATLAB, for finding Eye-Related ICA components solely based on their scalpmaps. It has a performance comparable to CORRMAP while not requiring any user intervention.
 
 [Measure Projection Toolbox (MPT)](http://sccn.ucsd.edu/wiki/MPT) includes EyeCatch software (as pr.eyeCatch class), if you have not installed MPT you can download EyeCatch stand-alone from this repository.