The thought translation device: A neurophysiological approach to communication in total motor paralysis

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 223-232

  Kübler, Andrea ^a   Kotchoubey, Boris ^a   Hinterberger, Thilo ^a   Ghanayim, Nimr ^a   Perelmouter, Juri ^a,b   Schauer, Margarete ^a   Fritsch, Christoph ^a   Taub, Edward ^c   Birbaumer, Niels ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosi; Brain computer communication; EEG; Slow cortical potentials

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; THINKING; TRAINING;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; COMPUTER USER TRAINING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYNEUROPATHIES; QUADRIPLEGIA; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0032973025     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050617     Document Type: Article

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