Development of an SSVEP-based BCI spelling system adopting a QWERTY-style LED keyboard

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-65

  Hwang, Han Jeong ^a   Lim, Jeong Hwan ^a   Jung, Young Jin ^a   Choi, Han ^a,c   Lee, Sang Woo ^b   Im, Chang Hwan ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University Wonju   (South Korea)

^c University of Rochester   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain computer interface (BCI); Electroencephalography (EEG); Mental speller; QWERTY keyboard layout; Steady state visual evoked potential (SSVEP)

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KEYBOARD; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPELLING; STEADY STATE VISUAL EVOKED POTENTIAL; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; COMPUTER PERIPHERALS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861333266     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2012.04.011     Document Type: Article

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