Eeg-based synchronized brain-computer interfaces: A model for optimizing the number of mental tasks

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 50-58

  Kronegg, Julien ^a   Chanel, Guillaume ^a   Voloshynovskiy, Sviatoslav ^a   Pun, Thierry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brain computer interface (BCI); Classification; Electroencephalogram (EEG); Information transfer rate; Optimal number of mental tasks

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; FORMAL APPROACH; INFORMATION TRANSFER RATE; MENTAL TASKS; OPTIMAL NUMBER; PROTOCOL DESIGN; TRANSFER RATES;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); OPTICAL SENSORS; OPTIMIZATION;

BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COGNITION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 34248578928     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2007.891389     Document Type: Article

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