Performance variation in motor imagery brain-computer interface: A brief review

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 243, Issue , 2015, Pages 103-110

  Ahn, Minkyu ^a   Jun, Sung Chan ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

BCI illiteracy; Brain computer interface; Motor imagery; Performance variation; Prediction

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRAIN; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE TRACT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BRAIN; BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACES; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84924277151     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2015.01.033     Document Type: Article

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