Visual spatial attention tracking using high-density SSVEP data for independent brain-computer communication

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 172-178

  Kelly, Simon P ^a,b   Lalor, Edmund C ^a,b   Reilly, Richard B ^a,b   Foxe, John J ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b St Vincent's Hospital Ireland   (Ireland)

^c CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha; Brain computer interface (BCI); Electroencephalography (EEG); Gating; Spatial selective attention; Steady state visual evoked potential (SSVEP)

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; BRAIN; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DATA REDUCTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACE (BCI); OFFLINE CLASSIFICATION; OPTIMAL CHANNELS; STEADY-STATE VISUAL EVOKED POTENTIALS (SSVEP);

TRACKING (POSITION);

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EYE MOVEMENT; GAZE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 22544486886     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2005.847369     Document Type: Article

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