The effect of age on human motor electrocorticographic signals and implications for brain-computer interface applications

Journal of Neural Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Roland, Jarod ^a   Miller, Kai ^b   Freudenburg, Zac ^c   Sharma, Mohit ^d   Smyth, Matthew ^a   Gaona, Charles ^d   Breshears, Jonathan ^a   Corbetta, Maurizio ^a   Leuthardt, Eric C ^a,d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING PROCESS; BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACE APPLICATIONS; CLINICAL APPLICATION; CONTROL SIGNAL; CORTICAL AREAS; CORTICAL NETWORK; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHIC SIGNALS; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; GAMMA BAND; GAMMA RHYTHMS; HUMAN MOTOR; INDEPENDENT SIGNALS; INVASIVENESS; LARGE POPULATION; LOW-GAMMA; LOWER FREQUENCIES; TIME PROGRESS;

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FREQUENCY BANDS; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); RATING;

BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ALPHA RHYTHM; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; BRAIN CORTEX; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS; THETA RHYTHM; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN; COMPUTER INTERFACE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE TRACT; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ALGORITHMS; ALPHA RHYTHM; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN; CHILD; CUES; DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS; THETA RHYTHM; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960785983     PISSN: 17412560     EISSN: 17412552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/8/4/046013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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