Conditional associative learning examined in a paralyzed patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis using brain-computer interface technology

Behavioral and Brain Functions

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Iversen, I H ^a   Ghanayim, N ^b   Kübler, Andrea ^c   Neumann, Nicola ^b   Birbaumer, Niels ^b,d   Kaiser, J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TEACHING; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL INFORMATION;

EID: 57649243713     PISSN: 17449081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-9081-4-53     Document Type: Article

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