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Second, we compared motor unit interference from the frontalis before and after artefact pruning via an independent component analysis (ICA) algorithm.\n                    <jats:italic>Main results<\/jats:italic>\n                    . We demonstrated that motor unit activity of the frontalis muscle produces interference potentials on the frontal electrodes at rest and the interference was significantly reduced after ICA on the frontal electrodes, but not completely eliminated. Likewise, the temporalis interference at rest was significantly smaller after ICA on the fronto-temporal electrodes, but not completely removed.\n                    <jats:italic>Significance<\/jats:italic>\n                    . We documented the existence of resting involuntary activity of the temporalis and frontalis muscles underneath EEG electrodes and the removal of the EEG signal from their contiguous interference is not possible even after the use of ICA technology. 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