Brain-computer interfaces for communication in paralysed patients and implications for disorders of consciousness

The Neurology of Consciousness

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 217-233

  Kübler, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

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EID: 84882513538     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374168-4.00017-4     Document Type: Chapter

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