Brain-computer interfaces for EEG neurofeedback: Peculiarities and solutions

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 36-45

  Huster, René J ^a   Mokom, Zacharais N ^a   Enriquez Geppert, Stefanie ^a,b   Herrmann, Christoph S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b European Medical School   (Germany)

^c Center for excellence   (Germany)

Author keywords

BCI; EEG; Neurofeedback; Software

Indexed keywords

ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EYE MOVEMENT; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMAGERY; INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; INTERNAL VALIDITY; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEUROFEEDBACK; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REINFORCEMENT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE; WHITE MATTER;

BCI; EEG; NEUROFEEDBACK; SOFTWARE;

BRAIN; BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; NEUROFEEDBACK;

EID: 84893771683     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2013.08.011     Document Type: Article

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