Design and implementation of a P300-based brain-computer interface for controlling an internet browser

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 599-609

  Mugler, Emily M ^a   Ruf, Carolin A ^b   Halder, Sebastian ^b   Bensch, Michael ^b   Kübler, Andrea ^c  

^a University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Braincomputer interface (BCI); electroencephalography; rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; FUTURE INTERNET; INFORMATION TRANSFER RATE; INTERNET ACCESS; INTERNET BROWSERS; REHABILITATION; WEB SURFING;

DESIGN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); INTERNET;

BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE;

ADULT; AFFECT; ALGORITHM; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PARALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AFFECT; ALGORITHMS; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BRAIN; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PARALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650069483     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2010.2068059     Document Type: Article

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