A direct brain-to-brain interface in humans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Rao, Rajesh P N ^a   Stocco, Andrea ^b   Bryan, Matthew ^a   Sarma, Devapratim ^c   Youngquist, Tiffany M ^c   Wu, Joseph ^a   Prat, Chantel S ^b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN TO BRAIN INTERFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; BRAIN; COMPUTER INTERFACE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN; COMMUNICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84910682954     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111332     Document Type: Article

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