Brain-computer communication: Motivation, aim, and impact of exploring a virtual apartment

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 473-482

  Leeb, Robert ^a   Lee, Felix ^a   Keinrath, Claudia ^a   Scherer, Reinhold ^a   Bischof, Horst ^a   Pfurtscheller, Gert ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Brain computer interface (BCI); Electroencephalogram (EEG); Motivation; Motor imagery; Navigation; Neutral cue; Virtual environment (VE); Virtual reality (VR)

Indexed keywords

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; VIRTUAL REALITY; APARTMENT HOUSES; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); MOTIVATION; NAVIGATION; OPTICAL SENSORS; REAL VARIABLES;

BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACE (BCI); GOAL-ORIENTED TASK; MOTOR IMAGERY; NEUTRAL CUE;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIRTUAL REALITY; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ARTIFACTS; BRAIN; ELECTRODES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACE (BCI); COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS; GOAL-ORIENTED; LABORATORY CONDITIONS; MENTAL WORKLOAD; MINIMUM TIME; MOTOR IMAGERY; REAL-WORLD APPLICATION; SYNCHRONOUS PARADIGM; VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS;

EID: 37249035683     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2007.906956     Document Type: Article

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