Online detection of error-related potentials boosts the performance of mental typewriters

BMC Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Schmidt, Nico M ^a,b,c   Blankertz, Benjamin ^a   Treder, Matthias S ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brain computer interface; Electroencephalography; ERP speller; Error related potentials; Information transfer rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; ONLINE MONITORING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SPELLING; VELOCITY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER INTERFACE; EVOKED RESPONSE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WRITING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; ROC CURVE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WRITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857024242     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-13-19     Document Type: Article

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