A comparison of covert and overt attention as a control option in a steady-state visual eyoked potential-based brain computer interface

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 26 VII, Issue , 2004, Pages 4725-4728

  Kelly, S P ^a   Lalor, E ^a,b   Finucane, C ^c   Reilly, R B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Media Lab Europe   (Ireland)

^c ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Brain Computer Interface; EEG; Spatial Selective Attention; Steady State Visual Evoked Potential

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; COMPUTER VISION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EYE MOVEMENTS; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FEATURE EXTRACTION; FEEDBACK; INTERFACES (COMPUTER);

BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE (BCI); OVERT ATTENTION; SPATIAL SELECTIVE ATTENTION; STEADY-STATE VISUAL EVOKED POTENTIALS (SSVEP);

BRAIN;

EID: 11144278676     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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