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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2023

A Systematic Comparison of High-End and Low-Cost EEG Amplifiers for Concealed, Around-the-Ear EEG Recordings.

Michael Thomas Knierim, Martin Georg Bleichner, Pierluigi Reali

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Michael Thomas KnierimInstitute of Information Systems & Marketing, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7148-5138
Martin Georg BleichnerNeurophysiology of Everyday Life Group, Department of Psychology, University of Oldenburg, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-6933-9238
Pierluigi RealiDepartment of Electronics Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3041-4004
Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg · DEKarlsruhe Institute of Technology · DEPolitecnico di Milano · IT

Funding

DFG, German Research Foundation Project ID 411333557 and Project ID 490839860
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Wearable electroencephalography (EEG) has the potential to improve everyday life through brain-computer interfaces (BCI) for applications such as sleep improvement, adaptive hearing aids, or thought-based digital device control. To make these innovations more practical for everyday use, researchers are looking to miniaturized, concealed EEG systems that can still collect neural activity precisely. For example, researchers are using flexible EEG electrode arrays that can be attached around the ear (cEEGrids) to study neural activations in everyday life situations. However, the use of such concealed EEG approaches is limited by measurement challenges such as reduced signal amplitudes and high recording system costs. In this article, we compare the performance of a lower-cost open-source amplification system, the OpenBCI Cyton+Daisy boards, with a benchmark amplifier, the MBrainTrain Smarting Mobi. Our results show that the OpenBCI system is a viable alternative for concealed EEG research, with highly similar noise performance, but slightly lower timing precision. This system can be a great option for researchers with a smaller budget and can, therefore, contribute significantly to advancing concealed EEG research.

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Brain-Computer InterfacesHearing AidsElectrodesElectroencephalographyNoiseAuditory ERPcEEGridsconcealed EEGOpenBCISmarting Mobitiming test

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PMID37177761
PMCPMC10181552
OpenAlexW4376630489

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