Electro-encephalogram based brain-computer interface: Improved performance by mental practice and concentration skills

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 959-969

  Mahmoudi, Babak ^a   Erfanian, Abbas ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Brain Computer interface; EEG; Meditation; Mental Practice; Neural Network

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); NEURAL NETWORKS;

BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONCENTRATION SKILLS; MEDITATION; MENTAL PRACTICE;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FRONTAL LOBE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGINATION; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN;

ATTENTION; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; LEARNING; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33751221954     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-006-0111-8     Document Type: Article

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