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. 2023 Jul 15;275:120116. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120116

Table 3.

Test-retest reliabilities of adult power studies.

Paper Age(s) at First Test Sample Size Time to Retest Paradigm Type of Power Reliability Measure(s) Frequency Band Reliability
McEvoy et al. (2000) 18–29 years N = 20 1 hour Resting-state Absolute Pearson's r Frontal midline theta 0.81
Posterior theta 0.85
Alpha 0.91
Task-related (WM) Absolute Pearson's r Frontal midline theta 0.96
Posterior theta 0.96
Alpha 0.98
Task-related (PVT) Absolute Pearson's r Frontal midline theta 0.94
Posterior theta 0.94
Alpha 0.96
7 days Resting-state Absolute Pearson's r Frontal midline theta 0.79
Posterior theta 0.82
Alpha 0.88
Task-related (WM) Absolute Pearson's r Frontal midline theta 0.91
Posterior theta 0.92
Alpha 0.96
Task-related (PVT) Absolute Pearson's r Frontal midline theta 0.88
Posterior Theta 0.89
Alpha 0.88
Angelidis et al. (2016) 18–31 years N = 41 1 week Resting-state Absolute Pearson's r Theta 0.94
Beta 0.90
Theta/Beta Ratio 0.93
Schmidt et al. (2012) Mean age of 36.3 years N = 33 1 week Resting-state Absolute ICC Frontal alpha 0.86
Central alpha 0.94
Parietal alpha 0.95
Task-related Absolute ICC Frontal alpha 0.86
Central alpha 0.91
Parietal alpha 0.89
Suarez-Revelo et al. (2015) Mean age 23.3 years N = 15 4–6 weeks Resting-state Relative ICC Delta 0.46
Theta 0.76
Alpha 0.75
Beta 0.63
Gamma 0.57
Task-related Relative ICC Delta 0.25
Theta 0.48
Alpha 0.62
Beta 0.52
Gamma 0.32
Corsi-Cabrera et al. (2007) 18–29 years N = 6 1 month (total of 9 months) Resting-state Absolute Multiple correlation coefficient R Total power 0.95
Pollock et al. (1991) 56–76 years N = 46 4.5 months Resting-state Absolute Pearson's r Delta 0.50
Theta 0.81
Alpha 0.84
Beta 0.81
Relative Pearson's r Delta 0.47
Theta 0.65
Alpha 0.68
Beta 0.68
Salinsky et al. (1991) 23–52 years N = 19 5 minutes Task-related Absolute Spearman rank correlations Delta 0.90
Theta 0.91
Alpha 0.95
Beta 0.95
Relative Spearman rank correlations Delta 0.86
Theta 0.90
Alpha 0.89
Beta 0.93
12–16 weeks Task-related Absolute Spearman rank correlations Delta 0.81
Theta 0.83
Alpha 0.82
Beta 0.88
Relative Spearman rank correlations Delta 0.82
Theta 0.85
Alpha 0.80
Beta 0.88
Rocha et al. (2020) Older adults N = 31 10 days Resting-state Relative (to nearby frequencies only) Pearson's r Alpha 0.62
Task-related Relative (to nearby frequencies only) Pearson's r Alpha 0.83
Burgess and Gruzelier (1993) 18–39 years N = 24 40 minutes Resting-state Absolute Pearson's r Delta 0.70
Theta 0.86
Alpha 0.91
Beta 0.89
Allen et al. (2003) 18–45 years N = 26 8 weeks Resting-state Frontal asymmetry ICC Alpha 0.61
N = 15 16 weeks Resting-state Frontal asymmetry ICC Alpha 0.56
Pathania et al. (2021) Undergraduates N = 60 30 minutes Resting-state Spectral slope (LMER) feature ICC Power spectral density 0.91
Aperiodic slope (SpecParam) ICC Power spectral density 0.86
Keune et al. (2019) 18–75 years N = 10 2 weeks Resting-state/Task-related Absolute ICC Theta/beta ratio 0.96
Theta 0.98
Beta 0.97
Gold et al. (2013) 18–50 years N = 79 3 months Resting-state Frontal asymmetry ICC Alpha 0.61
Absolute ICC Theta 0.90
Vuga et al. (2006) 19–39 years N = 99 1.2 years Resting-state Lateral frontal asymmetry ICC Alpha 0.60
Mid-frontal asymmetry ICC Alpha 0.54
Parietal asymmetry ICC Alpha 0.58
Koller-Schlaud et al. (2020) Mean age of 27 years N = 23 7 days Task-related Frontomedial asymmetry ICC Alpha 0.52
Frontolateral asymmetry ICC Alpha 0.70
Parietomedial aymmetry ICC Alpha 0.71
Parietolateral asymmetry ICC Alpha 0.49
Metzen et al. (2021) 20–70 years N = 541 56.7 days Resting-state Absolute ICC Alpha 0.75
Frontal asymmetry ICC Alpha 0.56
Parietal asymmetry ICC Alpha 0.65
Tenke et al. (2018) 18+ years N = 46 12 years Resting-state Absolute (CSD-fPCA) Spearman Brown Alpha 0.92
Posterior asymmetry Spearman Brown Alpha 0.73