BCI demographics: How many (and what kinds of) people can use an SSVEP BCI?

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 107-116

  Allison, Brendan ^a   Lüth, Thorsten ^b   Valbuena, Diana ^b   Teymourian, Amir ^b   Volosyak, Ivan ^b   Gräser, Axel ^b  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain x2013; computer interface (BCI); Demographics; Electroencephalography (EEG); Steady state visual evoked potential (SSVEP)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER INTERFACES; DEMOGRAPHICS; PERSONAL PREFERENCES; STEADY-STATE VISUAL EVOKED POTENTIAL (SSVEP); STEADY-STATE VISUAL EVOKED POTENTIALS;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY;

BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMMUNICATION AID; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; BRAIN; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; COMPUTER LITERACY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOFTWARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949888960     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2009.2039495     Document Type: Article

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