A brain-computer interface controlled auditory event-related potential (p300) spelling system for locked-in patients

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1157, Issue , 2009, Pages 90-100

  Kübler, Andrea ^a,b   Furdea, Adrian ^b,c   Halder, Sebastian ^b   Hammer, Eva Maria ^b   Nijboer, Femke ^b   Kotchoubey, Boris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Auditory; Brain computer interface; Communication; Event related potentials; Locked in syndrome; P300

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; CASE REPORT; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; LOCKED IN SYNDROME; MALE; PARALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 63849216985     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2008.04122.x     Document Type: Article

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