Frequency-modulated steady-state visual evoked potentials: A new stimulation method for brain-computer interfaces

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 241, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-9

  Dreyer, Alexander M ^a   Herrmann, Christoph S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amplitude modulation; Brain computer interface (BCI); EEG; Frequency modulation; Light emitting diode (LED); Steady state visual evoked potential (SSVEP)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STEADY STATE VISUAL EVOKED POTENTIAL; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946237608     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2014.12.004     Document Type: Article

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