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ArticleIEEE transactions on human-machine systems2020

A Usability Study of Low-cost Wireless Brain-Computer Interface for Cursor Control Using Online Linear Model.

Reza Abiri, Soheil Borhani, Justin Kilmarx, Connor Esterwood, Yang Jiang, Xiaopeng Zhao

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Article in IEEE transactions on human-machine systems, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. Non-Invasive Brain-Computer Interfaces: State of the Art and Trends.IEEE reviews in biomedical engineering · 2025
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  5. Evaluating the Feasibility of Visual Imagery for an EEG-Based Brain-Computer Interface.IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society · 2024
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  12. Design of virtual BCI channels based on informer.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2023
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  13. Personalized Brain-Computer Interface and Its Applications.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022
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  16. [Human factors engineering of brain-computer interface and its applications: Human-centered brain-computer interface design and evaluation methodology].Sheng wu yi xue gong cheng xue za zhi = Journal of biomedical engineering = Shengwu yixue gongchengxue zazhi · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Reza AbiriDept. of Neurology at University of California, San Francisco/Berkeley and Dept. of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Soheil BorhaniDepartment of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996 USA.
Justin KilmarxDepartment of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996 USA.
Connor EsterwoodCollege Communication and Information at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA.
Yang JiangDepartment of Behavioral Science, College of Medicine, at University of Kentucky, Lexington KY, USA.
Xiaopeng ZhaoDepartment of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996 USA.

Funding

University of Kentucky Alzheimer's Disease Research CenterP30AG072946 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI LINDA J VAN ELDIK · 2021 to 2026
$23.5M
University of Kentucky Alzheimer's Disease Core Center - Biomarker CoreP30AG028383 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI GOLD, BRIAN TIMOTHY, VAN ELDIK, LINDA J · 2006 to 2020
$23.3M
Kentucky Center for Clinical and Translational ScienceUL1TR000117 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI KERN, PHILIP A · 2012 to 2015
$13.3M
Predictive Neurophysiological Biomarkers for Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and Related Dementia (ADRD) Induced Cognitive Impairment in Sino-US CohortsR56AG060608 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI JIANG, YANG · 2018 to 2018
$440k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000117NIA NIH HHS P30 AG028383NIA NIH HHS P30 AG072946NIA NIH HHS R56 AG060608
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Computer cursor control using electroencephalogram (EEG) signals is a common and well-studied brain-computer interface (BCI). The emphasis of the literature has been primarily on evaluation of the objective measures of assistive BCIs such as accuracy of the neural decoder whereas the subjective measures such as user's satisfaction play an essential role for the overall success of a BCI. As far as we know, the BCI literature lacks a comprehensive evaluation of the usability of the mind-controlled computer cursor in terms of decoder efficiency (accuracy), user experience, and relevant confounding variables concerning the platform for the public use. To fill this gap, we conducted a two-dimensional EEG-based cursor control experiment among 28 healthy participants. The computer cursor velocity was controlled by the imagery of hand movement using a paradigm presented in the literature named imagined body kinematics (IBK) with a low-cost wireless EEG headset. We evaluated the usability of the platform for different objective and subjective measures while we investigated the extent to which the training phase may influence the ultimate BCI outcome. We conducted pre- and post- BCI experiment interview questionnaires to evaluate the usability. Analyzing the questionnaires and the testing phase outcome shows a positive correlation between the individuals' ability of visualization and their level of mental controllability of the cursor. Despite individual differences, analyzing training data shows the significance of electrooculogram (EOG) on the predictability of the linear model. The results of this work may provide useful insights towards designing a personalized user-centered assistive BCI.

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Brain-Computer InterfaceConfounding variablesCursor controlEEGImagined Body KinematicsUsability

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PMID33777542
PMCPMC7990128

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