Evaluation of a modified Fitts law brain-computer interface target acquisition task in able and motor disabled individuals

Journal of Neural Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Felton, E A ^a   Radwin, R G ^a   Wilson, J A ^a   Williams, J C ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN SIGNALS; BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER CURSOR; COMPUTER SCREENS; CURSOR CONTROL; DISABLED INDIVIDUALS; ELECTRODE CAP; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM SIGNALS; FITTS' LAW; HUMAN MOVEMENTS; INFORMATION TRANSFER RATE; NEURAL SIGNALS; TARGET ACQUISITION;

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; MOTORS; OPTICAL SENSORS; TARGETS;

INTERFACES (COMPUTER);

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ERGONOMICS; EVALUATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; FITT LAW; HUMAN; INFORMATION; LOCKED IN SYNDROME; MALE; MOTION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; POSTPOLIOMYELITIS SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; TASK PERFORMANCE; AGED; ALGORITHM; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70449724673     PISSN: 17412560     EISSN: 17412552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/6/5/056002     Document Type: Article

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