Direct brain control and communication in paralysis

Brain Topography

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 4-11

  Birbaumer, Niels ^a,b   Gallegos Ayala, Guillermo ^a,c,d   Wildgruber, Moritz ^e   Silvoni, Stefano ^b   Soekadar, Surjo R ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c International Max Planck Research School   (Germany)

^d ESCUELA SUPERIOR POLITÉCNICA DEL LITORAL   (Ecuador)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain computer interface; Complete locked in state; Paralysis; Patient will

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ATTENTION; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LOCKED IN SYNDROME; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLEEP; THINKING;

BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACES; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; PARALYSIS; QUADRIPLEGIA;

EID: 84892678677     PISSN: 08960267     EISSN: 15736792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10548-013-0282-1     Document Type: Review

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