Identifying changes in EEG information transfer during drowsy driving by transfer entropy

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue OCTOBER, 2015, Pages

  Huang, Chih Sheng ^a   Pal, Nikhil R ^b   Chuang, Chun Hsiang ^a,c   Lin, Chin Teng ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Driving performance; Drowsy driving; EEG; Effective connectivity; Transfer entropy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CAR DRIVING; COMPREHENSION; CONNECTOME; DROWSY DRIVING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL TASK; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SENSORY GATING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICAL MODEL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSFER ENTROPY;

EID: 84947557375     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00570     Document Type: Article

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