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ArticleIEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering2018

Three-Dimensional Brain-Computer Interface Control Through Simultaneous Overt Spatial Attentional and Motor Imagery Tasks.

Jianjun Meng, Taylor Streitz, Nicholas Gulachek, Daniel Suma, Bin He

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Article in IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18 citing papers in PubMed.

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  10. Brain-Computer Interface: Advancement and Challenges.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Jianjun Meng
Taylor Streitz
Nicholas Gulachek
Daniel Suma
Bin He

Funding

Electrophysiological Source Imaging of Partial EpilepsyR01NS096761 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI HE, BIN · 2016 to 2025
$3.6M
Mind-body awareness training and brain-computer interfaceR01AT009263 · NCCIH · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI HE, BIN · 2016 to 2020
$2.0M
Spatio-temporal Dynamic Imaging of Seizure SourcesR01EB021027 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI HE, BIN · 2016 to 2020
$1.3M
NCCIH NIH HHS R01 AT009263NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB021027NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS096761
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveWhile noninvasive electroenceph-alography (EEG) based brain-computer interfacing (BCI) has been successfully demonstrated in two-dimensional (2-D) control tasks, little work has been published regarding its extension to practical three-dimensional (3-D) control.

methodsIn this study, we developed a new BCI approach for 3-D control by combining a novel form of endogenous visuospatial attentional modulation, defined as overt spatial attention (OSA), and motor imagery (MI).

resultsOSA modulation was shown to provide comparable control to conventional MI modulation in both 1-D and 2-D tasks. Furthermore, this paper provides evidence for the functional independence of traditional MI and OSA, as well as an investigation into the simultaneous use of both. Using this newly proposed BCI paradigm, 16 participants successfully completed a 3-D eight-target control task. Nine of these subjects further demonstrated robust 3-D control in a 12-target task, significantly outperforming the information transfer rate achieved in the 1-D and 2-D control tasks (29.7 ± 1.6 b/min).

conclusionThese results strongly support the hypothesis that noninvasive EEG-based BCI can provide robust 3-D control through endogenous neural modulation in broader populations with limited training. SIGNIFICANCE: Through the combination of the two strategies (MI and OSA), a substantial portion of the recruited subjects were capable of robustly controlling a virtual cursor in 3-D space. The proposed novel approach could broaden the dimensionality of BCI control and shorten the training time.

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Brain-Computer InterfacesSignal Processing, Computer-AssistedAdultAttentionBrainElectroencephalographyFemaleHumansImaginationImaging, Three-DimensionalMaleMiddle AgedYoung Adult

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PMID30281428
PMCPMC6219871

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