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STUDYING THE IMPACT OF ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND ITS CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING ON EEG USING EMBEDDING DIMENSION IN YOUNG HEALTHY ADULTS FROM SHILLONG, MEGHALAYA
1. International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Science (IJBES), Vol. 3, No. 4, October 2016
DOI: 10.5121/ijbes.2016.3403 19
STUDYING THE IMPACT OF ALCOHOL
CONSUMPTION AND ITS CULTURAL
UNDERSTANDING ON EEG USING
EMBEDDING DIMENSION IN YOUNG
HEALTHY ADULTS FROM SHILLONG,
MEGHALAYA
Arundhuti Das1
, Shrimanta Ramchiary2
, Sudip Paul2
, Tapas Sinha2
and Dinesh
Bhatia2
*
1
Department of Anthropology, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar-751004, Odisha
2
Department of Biomedical Engineering, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong-
793022, Meghalaya
ABSTRACT
Cultural understanding and environment of upbringing plays a pivotal role in deciding right and wrong
that influences our perception and decision-making. Electroencephalogram (EEG) is being employed since
past several years to understand cognitive functioning of human brain. Here, we employed EEG to
determine impact in cognitive functioning due to cultural upbringing. The objective was to detect if there is
any influence of difference in cultural understanding related to alcohol use, on EEG obtained from alcohol
consumers and non-consumers. The present study was done between Indo-Aryan and Tibeto Burman
linguistic groups from Shillong Meghalaya. Embedding dimension was used to characterize EEG. The
embedding dimension from the frontal and occipital regions of the brain of both alcohol consumers and
non-consumers in Tibeto Burmans and Indo Aryans were determined via a MATLAB program. The results
show that the embedding dimension profiles of alcohol consumers and non-consumers are quite different.
For the control (non consumers) both in case of Tibeto Burman and Indo Aryans the value of the
embedding dimension was higher in occipital regions as compared to the alcohol consumers. This result
implies the loss of coherence and neuronal connectivity for alcohol consumers. However, this effect is more
prominent in the case of Indo Aryans.
KEYWORDS
Embedding dimension, EEG, alcohol consumption, cultural difference .
1. INTRODUCTION
Human brain is composed of neuronal network that is arranged spatially and the
electroencephalogram (EEG) captures these spatial electrical activities in the brain [1]. Various
electrophysiological methods are used to evaluate brain dysfunction; electroencephalogram
(EEG) is one such method. Consumption of alcohol has shown to cause various kinds of
malfunctions in the brain. It also reduces the total grey matter volume [2]. The impact of alcohol
consumption in the brain dysfunction has been measured using EEG [3-4]. In a study done by
Ehlers [5] they demonstrated the impact of low drinking and moderate drinking on EEG bands.
They observed that low doses of alcohol tend to increase slow alpha activity or lowering of alpha
peak frequency, while moderate doses show increase in slow alpha and theta bands.
2. International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Science (IJBES), Vol. 3, No. 4, October 2016
20
Alcoholism as a trait is multifactorial; it’s causal is contributed by genetics, culture, and
environment. In families with drinking history and in families with no history of alcoholism, EEG
is different. Individuals with positive family history of alcohol consumption show greater increase
in alpha waves than the individuals with no family history [6]. Thus, the impact of the
environment one is introduced to while growing up and the family’s understanding of alcohol
consumption plays a significant role in dictating brain’s response to alcohol consumption as can
be detected using EEG. The electroencephalogram has also been used to understand how culture
get embrained, it has shown the impact and difference of culture can be measured using EEG and
thus a proof that cultural difference does make a difference in neural networking which has been
measured using EEG [7]. There have been studies between alcohol consumers of different ethnic
groups. A study done on family with positive Hispanic history, individuals’ show decreased fast
alpha while non-Hispanics showed an increase in the same band.
There are various methods used to characterize and analyze EEG for example Lyapunov
exponents, autocorrection function and correlation dimension. Correlation dimension has been
successfully used in detecting relative changes in EEG obtained from Schizophrenic patients [8],
Alzheimer’s patient [9], Alcohol Users [10]. Embedding dimension, which is derived using
correlation dimension, helps construct the arrangement of neural signals spatially recorded using
EEG. It has been used to explore the brain mechanism in Schizophrenia [8] and epilepsy [11].
Cultural acceptance of alcohol or its traditional use in ritual influences ones consumption pattern.
The cultural environment is one in which an individual is brought up predisposed to perceive an
incident and undergo decision-making. Amongst many tribes in North Eastern region of India,
tobacco and alcohol consumption are culturally learned. In the present study, participants were
from the Indo Aryan and Tibeto Burman linguistic group, the individuals from the former
linguistic group do not consume alcohol as a cultural custom unlike the Tibeto- Burman group,
where alcohol consumption is part of their cultural custom. They have traditional forms of alcohol
for example rice beer, which is used in different traditional and religious practices as an important
integrant. Thus, the perception related to alcohol consumption is considered as a food habit rather
than an addictive substance, unlike in Indo- Aryan culture where it is culturally considered as a
restricted beverage.
2. METHODOLOGY
Subject acquisition: Permission to conduct the study was sought from the Institutional Ethical
Committee for Human Participants (IECHSP), North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong,
Meghalaya (Ref. No. IECHSP/2015/20). The study was conducted amongst young adults between
the age group 20-30 (mean 21±2), out of which 75% were male and 25% female. The participants
were from two different linguistic groups, Indo-Aryans and Tibeto-Burmans. This study was
conducted with 20 individuals. The data was collected after informed consent was obtained from
the participant. The sample collection was done from Shillong, Meghalaya region only.
Study design: Data collection was done in two stages: (A) Psychological test and qualitative open
ended questions regarding socio-psychological parameters followed by (B) EEG data was
collected to address the neurobiology aspect.
2.1. Stage 1
Demographic information such as socioeconomic status, educational status of the subject,
educational status of family, age, gender, ethnic group, subgroup, and linguistic group was
collected. Anthropological questions were asked related to alcohol consumption in order to
understand the cultural acceptance of alcohol consumption or not, for example if the participants
have any traditional liquor, which is consumed during cultural or religious events. The questions
were asked to evaluate the acceptance of alcohol consumption (or not) in participant’s family,
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they were also inquired whether any member of their family consumes alcohol. These questions
would help us determine the social priming of the individual towards alcohol usage.
2.2. Stage 2
EEG equipment and EEG recording montages
EEG signals were collected using the recording system with suitable bio-amplifier (Power lab
26T from M/s. AD Instruments, Australia). In this study, we used two channels at a time for
continuous 10 minutes recording with selected 0.1 Hz Low Pass filter, 70 Hz High Pass filter and
50 Hz Notch filter for removing artifacts from the raw EEG signals. In our study, the sampling
rate was 256 [12]. The EEG instrument itself did the digitalization. A bipolar electrode montage
system was used for recording the human brain EEG signal. Electrodes were implanted bilaterally
in the skull over the frontal and occipital region of the brain. A reference electrode was placed
over the forehead. The frequency band of 0.5–4 Hz was expressed as delta, 4–8 Hz as theta, 8–13
Hz as alpha, 14–25 Hz as beta and 25–45 Hz as gamma. They were asked to refrain from alcohol
consumption for 24 hours before the EEG data was collected.
2.3. Post Data Collection
MATLAB was used to analyze the EEG recording. Statistical analysis was done using MS
EXCEL, SPSS version 16 statistical software. Case control analysis between the alcohol
consumer and non- consumer group for the EEG parameters were done using One- way ANOVA
analysis in SPSS.
2.4. Correlation Dimensions
The correlation dimension (denoted by ν) is a measure of the dimensionality of the space
occupied by a set of random points, often referred to as a type of fractal dimension [13]. For
example, if we have a set of random points on the real number line between 0 and 1, the
correlation dimension will be ν = 1, while if they are distributed on say, a triangle embedded in
three-dimensional space (or m-dimensional space), the correlation dimension will be ν = 2. This
is what we would intuitively expect from a measure of dimension. The real utility of the
correlation dimension is in determining the (possibly fractional) dimensions of fractal objects.
Considering the time series: , the integral correlation
coefficient is obtained (Babloyantz et al., 1986). Here one starts with a reference point and its
distance to the rest of the points is computed. Then one computes how many points lie within a
given distance from . Repeating this process for all values, we get , the integral
correlation coefficient of the attractor. For small , where is the correlation
dimension and is given by the slope of the plot of versus . The slope was
computed directly in the Matlab program for various embedding dimension. With the help of cf
tool in MATLAB we evaluated the embedding dimension for both the cases.
3. RESULTS
The result obtained from correlation dimension analysis of EEG from occipital region of brain in
case of Tibeto Burman participants are shown in Figure 1. The results of alcohol consumers and
non-consumers are shown in two colour-coded waves, the red colour indicates the controls or
non-consumers. The blue colour represents alcohol consumers. These results indicate that there is
{ }( ), ( ),... ( ( 1) )i i iV t V t V t nτ τ+ + −
iV
r V ( )C r
r ( ) ~C r rν
ν
log( ( ))C r log( )r
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a phase shift between the alcohol consumers and non-consumers. The embedding dimension in
alcohol non-consumers is 1.25, where as the embedding dimension in alcohol consumers is 1.04.
Figure 1: showing correlation dimension of occipital region in Tibeto Burman alcohol consumers and non
consumers
Figure 2 shows the correlation dimension obtained from occipital region in alcohol consumers
and non-consumers in case of the Indo Aryan participants. The red line indicates correlation
dimension in controls (alcohol non consumers) and the blue line indicates correlation dimension
in cases (alcohol consumers). The embedding dimension in alcohol consumers is 1.24 while that
in controls is 0.94.
Figure 2: showing correlation dimension of occipital region in Indo aryan alcohol consumers and non
consumers
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4. DISCUSSION
The present study shows significant differences between the EEG obtained from alcohol
consumers and non-consumers. EEG was obtained from frontal and occipital regions of the brain.
The participants were from the Tibeto-Burman and Indo-Aryan linguistic groups. They were
further divided into two groups namely the alcohol consumers and non-consumers. The non-
consumers are an absolute control group, where the participants had never consumed alcohol. In
the two groups studied, the Tibeto-Burman represents a culture where alcohol consumption as
traditional drink is common practice. There are traditional form of alcoholic beverage, which is
consumed at functions, rituals and gatherings. These traditional alcoholic drinks are also offered
to local deity during religious functions and ceremonies. Thus, the tradition and concept of
alcohol consumption in their culture is not attached with taboos and guilt. However in the case of
Indo-Aryans, cultural norms represent a total rejection to alcohol consumption. Thus, its use is
associated with guilt and taboos. In the present study major difference in the embedding
dimension is seen between the consumers and non-consumers in individuals from both the group
(Tibeto-Burman and Indo- Aryan) however, the impact is higher on the Indo-Aryans as compared
to Tibeto-Burman. The EEG data was characterized using correlation dimension. The embedded
dimension measures have been used to characterize EEG obtained due to induced stroke in rats
[14]. Changes in the EEG from frontal region of human brain, due to alcohol consumption has
been observed in previous studies [15]. This results shows that constant use of alcohol reduces
coherence between neurons both in occipital region. Interaction between neurons is also reduced
due to alcohol consumption. The impact was higher in the occipital of the brain of Indo-Aryans.
In a study, done to see the effect of anesthesia on the frontal and the occipital lobe shows that the
occipital lobe shows loss of spatial coherence in alpha oscillation [16]. The Frontal region of the
brain is associated with modulation of emotional activity, while the occipital region of the brain is
visual procession and perception. Impairment in visual processing is a significant disability
induced due to alcohol use and abuse [17]. Studies have also shown brain shrinkage (reduction in
grey matter volume) in alcoholics [2]. The present study has shown reduction in neural
connectivity due to alcohol consumption, which is suggestive of diminishing efficiency of the
region due to alcohol consumption. The effect being more prominent in individuals where
culturally consumption of alcohol is forbidden. There have been studies in the past where EEG is
used to measure how culture gets embrained [7]. Previous studies have shown that the impact of
alcohol consumption is different between families where there is history of alcohol consumption
compared to those where there is no history [6]. The present study also indicated in same
direction, along with the fact that cultural understanding of alcohol consumption also influences
EEG between consumers and non-consumers.
5. CONCLUSION
The study is in line with previous studies done by the same group [18] which also indicated a
significant difference in embedding dimension between the alcohol consumers and non
consumers in both frontal and occipital regions of the brain, the effect was stronger in occipital.
As EEG captures the electrical activity of neurons in the spatial organization, embedding
dimension characterized the EEG using dimensionality of the space occupied by the points.
Reduced dimensionality indicates reduced interconnections. Further studies of this kind need to
be carried out across various cultures to find the impact of cultural understanding and alcoholism
on brain functioning, as was pointed out by the study.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We would particularly like to thank all participants who took part in this study. We are thankful
to UGC- Dr. D. S Kothari Postdoctoral Fellowship for their support
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Authors
Dr Arundhuti Das is a Dr D.S Kothari Postdoctoral fellow in the Department of
Anthropology, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Her research interest lies in the
field of psychiatric genetics. She is working on different ethnic groups from India
studying the genetic background behind traits like addiction that is perceived to have
strong cultural predisposition in the respective environmental setting of the population.
She did her Ph.D in Anthropology with specialization in anthropological genetics,
Masters degree in Human Genetics and Bachelors degree in Biotechnology. She has
won international scholarship twice from Balassi Institute, Budapest, Hungary for 10 months and 6 months
respectively for partial PhD and research stay. She has presented her research work in Gree
USA.
Shrimanta S Ramchiary is a final year student in the Department of Biomedical
Engineering, North Eastern Hill University. His field of interest lies in the field of
Clinical engineering (pratical applications), neural systems engineeri
image processing, BioMems & telemedicine.
Dr. Sudip Paul is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical
Engineering, School of Technology, North
He completed his B.Tech degree i
University of Technology, 2007; M.Tech degree in Biomedical Engineering from
Banaras Hindu University, 2009 and also he completed his Ph.D degree from Indian
Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Vara
Electrophysiology and brain signal analysis in 2016. He has also presented his research accomplishments in
USA, Greece, France and South Africa. He has many credentials in his credit out of which his First Prize in
Sushruta Innovation Award 2011 sponsored by Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India and
also he also organized the 29th Annual meeting of the Society for Neurochemistry, India in 2015.
Dr. Tapas Sinha is currently working on Neural Network Based Pacemaker (DBT
sanctioned project). He pursued his Ph.D in Physics from North Eastern Hill
University, M.S in Physics and Biophysics from University of Cincinnati, USA. M.Sc
is Physics from Benaras Hindu Univer
Linear Dynamics, BioPhysics, Neural Networks.
Dr. Dinesh Bhatia pursued his PhD in Biomechanics and Rehabilitation Engineering
from MNNIT, Allahabad, India in 2010 with Bachelor’s (2002) and Master’s deg
(2004) in Biomedical Engineering from Mumbai University. He completed his MBA
from IMT Ghaziabad in 2007. He is currently working as Associate Professor and
Head, Department of Biomedical Engineering, North Eastern Hill University (NEHU),
Shillong, Meghalaya, India since August 2013. Previously, he was employed as an
Assistant Professor (Sr. Grade) at the Department of Biomedical Engineering,
Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology, Murthal (Sonepat), Haryana (State
Government University), India from July 2006 to July 2013. He was selected for the “Young Scientist
Award (BOYSCAST)” in (2011-12) by Government of India to pursue research in osteoarthritis (OA) for
one year at Adaptive Neural Systems Laboratory, Biomedi
International University, Miami, Florida, USA. He is also the recipient of “INAE fellowship award” in
2011 by Indian National Academy of Engineering. He was selected as one of the twelve young Biomedical
scientists by the ICMR, Govt. of India in 2015 to pursue research fellowship for 6 months in the field of
sensory prosthetics at University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He has several research papers in reputed
journals, conference, seminars and symposia with teaching and r
years. He is invited panel member of many professional bodies, editorial boards, committees, societies and
forums. He is currently having several funded projects from Government of India on physically challenged,
disabled and paralyzed persons. He authored a book titled “Medical Informatics” published (2015) by PHI
and “Stroke Rehabilitation” (2016) by ABS publishers. His research focuses on understanding muscle
mechanics, joint kinematics and dynamics involved in perf
undermining it effects during an injury or disease. His interest areas are medical instrumentation, medical
informatics, signal and image processing, biomechanics and rehabilitation engineering
International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Science (IJBES), Vol. 3, No. 4, October
is a Dr D.S Kothari Postdoctoral fellow in the Department of
Anthropology, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Her research interest lies in the
field of psychiatric genetics. She is working on different ethnic groups from India
ckground behind traits like addiction that is perceived to have
strong cultural predisposition in the respective environmental setting of the population.
She did her Ph.D in Anthropology with specialization in anthropological genetics,
man Genetics and Bachelors degree in Biotechnology. She has
won international scholarship twice from Balassi Institute, Budapest, Hungary for 10 months and 6 months
respectively for partial PhD and research stay. She has presented her research work in Gree
is a final year student in the Department of Biomedical
Engineering, North Eastern Hill University. His field of interest lies in the field of
Clinical engineering (pratical applications), neural systems engineering, imaging &
image processing, BioMems & telemedicine.
is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical
Engineering, School of Technology, North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Shillong.
He completed his B.Tech degree in Biomedical Engineering from West Bengal
University of Technology, 2007; M.Tech degree in Biomedical Engineering from
Banaras Hindu University, 2009 and also he completed his Ph.D degree from Indian
Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi with specialization in
Electrophysiology and brain signal analysis in 2016. He has also presented his research accomplishments in
USA, Greece, France and South Africa. He has many credentials in his credit out of which his First Prize in
vation Award 2011 sponsored by Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India and
also he also organized the 29th Annual meeting of the Society for Neurochemistry, India in 2015.
is currently working on Neural Network Based Pacemaker (DBT
sanctioned project). He pursued his Ph.D in Physics from North Eastern Hill
University, M.S in Physics and Biophysics from University of Cincinnati, USA. M.Sc
is Physics from Benaras Hindu University (BHU). His field of research interest are Non
Linear Dynamics, BioPhysics, Neural Networks.
pursued his PhD in Biomechanics and Rehabilitation Engineering
from MNNIT, Allahabad, India in 2010 with Bachelor’s (2002) and Master’s degree
(2004) in Biomedical Engineering from Mumbai University. He completed his MBA
from IMT Ghaziabad in 2007. He is currently working as Associate Professor and
Head, Department of Biomedical Engineering, North Eastern Hill University (NEHU),
halaya, India since August 2013. Previously, he was employed as an
Assistant Professor (Sr. Grade) at the Department of Biomedical Engineering,
Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology, Murthal (Sonepat), Haryana (State
Government University), India from July 2006 to July 2013. He was selected for the “Young Scientist
12) by Government of India to pursue research in osteoarthritis (OA) for
one year at Adaptive Neural Systems Laboratory, Biomedical Engineering Department, Florida
International University, Miami, Florida, USA. He is also the recipient of “INAE fellowship award” in
2011 by Indian National Academy of Engineering. He was selected as one of the twelve young Biomedical
he ICMR, Govt. of India in 2015 to pursue research fellowship for 6 months in the field of
sensory prosthetics at University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He has several research papers in reputed
journals, conference, seminars and symposia with teaching and research experience of more than twelve
years. He is invited panel member of many professional bodies, editorial boards, committees, societies and
forums. He is currently having several funded projects from Government of India on physically challenged,
bled and paralyzed persons. He authored a book titled “Medical Informatics” published (2015) by PHI
and “Stroke Rehabilitation” (2016) by ABS publishers. His research focuses on understanding muscle
mechanics, joint kinematics and dynamics involved in performing locomotion and routine tasks and
undermining it effects during an injury or disease. His interest areas are medical instrumentation, medical
informatics, signal and image processing, biomechanics and rehabilitation engineering
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won international scholarship twice from Balassi Institute, Budapest, Hungary for 10 months and 6 months
respectively for partial PhD and research stay. She has presented her research work in Greece, Spain and
Electrophysiology and brain signal analysis in 2016. He has also presented his research accomplishments in
USA, Greece, France and South Africa. He has many credentials in his credit out of which his First Prize in
vation Award 2011 sponsored by Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India and
also he also organized the 29th Annual meeting of the Society for Neurochemistry, India in 2015.
Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology, Murthal (Sonepat), Haryana (State
Government University), India from July 2006 to July 2013. He was selected for the “Young Scientist
12) by Government of India to pursue research in osteoarthritis (OA) for
cal Engineering Department, Florida
International University, Miami, Florida, USA. He is also the recipient of “INAE fellowship award” in
2011 by Indian National Academy of Engineering. He was selected as one of the twelve young Biomedical
he ICMR, Govt. of India in 2015 to pursue research fellowship for 6 months in the field of
sensory prosthetics at University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He has several research papers in reputed
esearch experience of more than twelve
years. He is invited panel member of many professional bodies, editorial boards, committees, societies and
forums. He is currently having several funded projects from Government of India on physically challenged,
bled and paralyzed persons. He authored a book titled “Medical Informatics” published (2015) by PHI
and “Stroke Rehabilitation” (2016) by ABS publishers. His research focuses on understanding muscle
orming locomotion and routine tasks and
undermining it effects during an injury or disease. His interest areas are medical instrumentation, medical