Auditory brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) and their practical applications

Biomedical Engineering Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-17

  Kim, Do Won ^a,b   Lee, Jun Chang ^a   Park, Young Min ^a   Kim, In Young ^a   Im, Chang Hwan ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University Wonju   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Auditory mental speller; Auditory P300; Auditory steady state response (ASSR); Brain computer interface; Selective attention; Slow cortical potential (SCP)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862886389     PISSN: 20939868     EISSN: 2093985X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13534-012-0051-1     Document Type: Review

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