Pre-stimulus sensorimotor rhythms influence brain-computer interface classification performance

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 653-662

  Maeder, Cecilia L ^a   Sannelli, Claudia ^a   Haufe, Stefan ^a,b   Blankertz, Benjamin ^a,b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Bernstein Focus: Neurotechnology Berlin   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain computer interface (BCI); classification; electroencephalography (EEG); motor imagery; pre stimulus; sensorimotor rhythms

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE DATA; BRAIN ACTIVITY; BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACES (BCI); CLASSIFICATION PERFORMANCE; COMMON SPATIAL PATTERNS; LINEAR DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; MOTOR IMAGERY; PRE-STIMULUS; SENSORIMOTOR RHYTHMS; TASK EXECUTIONS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME INTERVAL;

BRAIN; CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY;

BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PERIODICITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 84866092627     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSRE.2012.2205707     Document Type: Article

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