Neural Internet: Web surfing with brain potentials for the completely paralyzed

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 508-515

  Karim, Ahmed A ^a,b   Hinterberger, Thilo ^a   Richter, Jürgen ^a   Mellinger, Jürgen ^a   Neumann, Nicola ^a   Flor, Herta ^c   Kübler, Andrea ^a   Birbaumer, Niels ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); Brain computer interface (BCI); Locked in syndrome (LIS); Neurofeedback; Neuroprosthesis; Slow cortical potentials (SCP)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; QUADRIPLEGIA;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BRAIN; COGNITION; COMPUTER USER TRAINING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; INTERNET; LEARNING; MALE; QUADRIPLEGIA; SOFTWARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33750627936     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968306290661     Document Type: Article

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