Pyff - A pythonic framework for feedback applications and stimulus presentation in neuroscience

Frontiers in Neuroinformatics

Volumn 4, Issue DEC, 2010, Pages

  Venthur, Bastian ^a   Scholler, Simon ^a,b   Williamson, John ^c   Dähne, Sven ^a,b   Treder, Matthias S ^a   Kramarek, Maria T ^a,b   Müller, Klaus Robert ^a,b,d   Blankertz, Benjamin ^a,c,e  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b BERNSTEIN CENTER FOR COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d Neurotechnology   (Germany)

^e FRAUNHOFER FIRST   (Germany)

Author keywords

BCI; Feedback; Framework; Neuroscience; Python; Stimulus presentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958097399     PISSN: 16625196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fninf.2010.00100     Document Type: Article

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