Face stimuli effectively prevent brain-computer interface inefficiency in patients with neurodegenerative disease

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 893-900

  Kaufmann, Tobias ^a   Schulz, Stefan M ^a,b   Köblitz, Anja ^a   Renner, Gregor ^c   Wessig, Carsten ^a   Kübler, Andrea ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c University for Applied Sciences   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

BCI inefficiency; Bit rate; Brain computer interface; Communication; Event related potentials; Neurodegenerative disease; Online classification accuracy; P300 speller

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; CHARACTER; CHARACTER FLASHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FACE; FACE FLASHING; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPELLING; STIMULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACES; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876145683     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2012.11.006     Document Type: Article

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