biopsykit 0.3.0

A Python package for the analysis of biopsychological data.

BioPsyKit

A Python package for the analysis of biopsychological data.

With this package you have everything you need for analyzing biopsychological data, including:

• Data processing pipelines for various physiological signals (ECG, EEG, Respiration, Motion, ...).
• Algorithms and data processing pipelines for sleep/wake prediction and computation of sleep endpoints based on activity or IMU data.
• Functions to import and process data from sleep trackers (e.g., Withings Sleep Analyzer)
• Functions for processing and analysis of salivary biomarker data (cortisol, amylase).
• Implementation of various psychological and HCI-related questionnaires.
• Implementation of classes representing different psychological protocols (e.g., TSST, MIST, Cortisol Awakening Response Assessment, etc.)
• Functions for easily setting up statistical analysis pipelines.
• Functions for setting up and evaluating machine learning pipelines.
• Plotting wrappers optimized for displaying biopsychological data.

Details

Analysis of Physiological Signals

ECG Processing

BioPsyKit provides a whole ECG data processing pipeline, consisting of:

• Loading ECG data from:
  • Generic .csv files
  • NilsPod binary (.bin) files (requires NilsPodLib: https://github.com/mad-lab-fau/NilsPodLib)
  • Other sensor types (coming soon)
• Splitting data into single parts (based on time intervals) that will be analyzed separately
• Perform ECG processing, including:
  • R peak detection (using Neurokit: https://github.com/neuropsychology/NeuroKit)
  • R peak outlier removal and interpolation
  • HRV feature computation
  • ECG-derived respiration (EDR) estimation for respiration rate and respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) (experimental)
  • Resample instantaneous heart rate data
  • Compute aggregated results (e.g., mean and standard error) per part
• Create plots for visualizing processing results

... more biosignals coming soon!

Sleep/Wake Prediction

BioPsyKit allows to process sleep data collected from IMU or activity sensors (e.g., Actigraphs). This includes:

• Detection of wear periods
• Detection of time spent in bed
• Detection of sleep and wake phases
• Computation of sleep endpoints (e.g., sleep and wake onset, net sleep duration wake after sleep onset, etc.)

Quick Example

import biopsykit as bp
from biopsykit.example_data import get_sleep_imu_example

imu_data, sampling_rate = get_sleep_imu_example()

sleep_results = bp.sleep.sleep_processing_pipeline.predict_pipeline_acceleration(imu_data, sampling_rate)
sleep_endpoints = sleep_results["sleep_endpoints"]

print(sleep_endpoints)

Salivary Biomarker Analysis

BioPsyKit provides several methods for the analysis of salivary biomarkers (e.g. cortisol and amylase), such as:

• Import data from Excel and csv files into a standardized format
• Compute standard features (maximum increase, slope, area-under-the-curve, mean, standard deviation, ...)

Quick Example

import biopsykit as bp
from biopsykit.example_data import get_saliva_example

saliva_data = get_saliva_example(sample_times=[-20, 0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50])

max_inc = bp.saliva.max_increase(saliva_data)
# remove the first saliva sample (t=-20) from computing the AUC
auc = bp.saliva.auc(saliva_data, remove_s0=True)

print(max_inc)
print(auc)

Questionnaires

BioPsyKit implements various established psychological (state and trait) questionnaires, such as:

• Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)
• Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS)
• Self-Compassion Scale (SCS)
• Big Five Inventory (BFI)
• State Trait Depression and Anxiety Questionnaire (STADI)
• Trier Inventory for Chronic Stress (TICS)
• Primary Appraisal Secondary Appraisal Scale (PASA)
• ...

Quick Example

import biopsykit as bp
from biopsykit.example_data import get_questionnaire_example

data = get_questionnaire_example()

pss_data = data.filter(like="PSS")
pss_result = bp.questionnaires.pss(pss_data)

print(pss_result)

List Supported Questionnaires

import biopsykit as bp

print(bp.questionnaires.utils.get_supported_questionnaires())

Psychological Protocols

BioPsyKit implements methods for easy handling and analysis of data recorded with several established psychological protocols, such as:

• Montreal Imaging Stress Task (MIST)
• Trier Social Stress Test (TSST)
• Cortisol Awakening Response Assessment (CAR)
• ...

Quick Example

from biopsykit.protocols import TSST
from biopsykit.example_data import get_saliva_example
from biopsykit.example_data import get_mist_hr_example
# specify TSST structure and the durations of the single phases
structure = {
   "Pre": None,
   "TSST": {
       "Preparation": 300,
       "Talk": 300,
       "Math": 300
   },
   "Post": None
}
tsst = TSST(name="TSST", structure=structure)

saliva_data = get_saliva_example(sample_times=[-20, 0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50])
hr_data = get_mist_hr_example()
# add saliva data collected during the whole TSST procedure
tsst.add_saliva_data(saliva_data, saliva_type="cortisol")
# add heart rate data collected during the "TSST" study part
tsst.add_hr_data(hr_data, study_part="TSST")

Installation

pip install biopsykit

For Developer

Without Extras

git clone https://github.com/mad-lab-fau/BioPsyKit.git
cd biopsykit
poetry install

With all Extras (e.g., extended functionalities for IPython/Jupyter Notebooks)

git clone https://github.com/mad-lab-fau/BioPsyKit.git
cd biopsykit
poetry install -E mne -E jupyter 

Install Python >=3.7 and poetry. Then run the commands below to get the latest source and install the dependencies:

To run any of the tools required for the development workflow, use the doit commands:

$ poetry run doit list
docs                 Build the html docs using Sphinx.
format               Reformat all files using black.
format_check         Check, but not change, formatting using black.
lint                 Lint all files with Prospector.
test                 Run Pytest with coverage.
update_version       Bump the version in pyproject.toml and biopsykit.__init__ .

Examples

See Examples in the function documentations on how to use this library.