Flashing characters with famous faces improves ERP-based brain-computer interface performance

Journal of Neural Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Kaufmann, T ^a   Schulz, S M ^a   Grunzinger C ^a   Kubler A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTER CLASSIFICATION; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS; INTERFACE PERFORMANCE; MOTOR FUNCTION;

INTERFACES (COMPUTER); MEDICAL COMPUTING; SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; CODING AND CLASSIFICATION; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC FIGURE; SPELLING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADULT; ARTIFACT; COMMUNICATION AID; COMPUTER INTERFACE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FACE; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTIFACTS; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; FACE; FAMOUS PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053206707     PISSN: 17412560     EISSN: 17412552     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1741-2560/8/5/056016     Document Type: Article

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