Attention and P300-based BCI performance in people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue NOV, 2013, Pages

  Riccio, Angela ^a,b   Simione, Luca ^b,c   Schettini, Francesca ^a,d   Pizzimenti, Alessia ^b,e   Inghilleri, Maurizio ^b   Belardinelli, Marta Olivetti ^b,f   Mattia, Donatella ^a   Cincotti, Febo ^a,d  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e Association Crossing Dialogues   (Italy)

^f Interuniversity Ctr for Research on Cognitive Processing in Natural and Artificial Systems (ECONA)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Attention; Brain computer interface; P300; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; SPELLING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84888119632     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00732     Document Type: Article

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