A vibrotactile P300-based brain-computer interface for consciousness detection and communication

Clinical EEG and Neuroscience

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 14-21

  Lugo, Zulay R ^a,b,c   Rodriguez, Javi ^d   Lechner, Alexander ^d   Ortner, Rupert ^d   Gantner, Ithabi S ^a   Laureys, Steven ^a   Noirhomme, Quentin ^a   Guger, Christoph ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c French Association of Locked in Syndrome (ALIS)   (France)

^d G TEC MEDICAL ENGINEERING GMBH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Brain computer interface; event related potentials; locked in syndrome; P300

Indexed keywords

BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACE; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS; LOCKED-IN SYNDROME; P300;

ADULT; BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACES; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; QUADRIPLEGIA; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 84894213396     PISSN: 15500594     EISSN: 21695202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1550059413505533     Document Type: Article

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