High theta and low alpha powers may be indicative of BCI-illiteracy in motor imagery

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Ahn, Minkyu ^a   Cho, Hohyun ^a   Ahn, Sangtae ^a   Jun, Sung Chan ^a,b  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REST; THETA RHYTHM;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACES; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; REST; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 84889773983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080886     Document Type: Article

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