The thought-translation device (TTD): Neurobehavioral mechanisms and clinical outcome

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 120-123

  Birbaumer, Niels ^a,b   Hinterberger, Thilo ^a   Kübler, Andrea ^a,c   Neumann, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); Locked in syndrome; Physiological brain regulation; Slow cortical potentials

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

THOUGHT-TRANSLATION DEVICES (TTD);

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; DEVICE; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LOCKED IN SYNDROME; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; TRAINING; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BIOFEEDBACK (PSYCHOLOGY); CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; QUADRIPLEGIA; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THINKING; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0041353048     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2003.814439     Document Type: Article

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