Gamma band activity associated with BCI performance: Simultaneous MEG/EEG study

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Ahn, Minkyu ^a   Ahn, Sangtae ^a   Hong, Jun H ^a   Cho, Hohyun ^a   Kim, Kiwoong ^b   Kim, Bong S ^c   Chang, Jin W ^c   Jun, Sung C ^a,d  

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

^b Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

BCI illiteracy; EEG; Gamma activity; MEG; Motor imagery BCI; Performance prediction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MOTOR IMAGERY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RESTING STATE NETWORK;

EID: 84889787693     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00848     Document Type: Article

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