EEG-based "serious" games design for medical applications

Proceedings - 2010 International Conference on Cyberworlds, CW 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 270-276

  Wang, Qiang ^a   Sourina, Olga ^a   Nguyen, Minh Khoa ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

BCI; e learning; EEG; Fractal dimension; Game design; HCI; Medical application; Neurofeedback

Indexed keywords

BCI; EEG; GAME DESIGN; HCI; NEUROFEEDBACK;

ALGORITHMS; DESIGN; E-LEARNING; FRACTAL DIMENSION; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PARTIAL DISCHARGES;

BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 78751547279     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CW.2010.56     Document Type: Conference Paper

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