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ReviewBrain informatics2023

Brain-computer interface: trend, challenges, and threats.

Baraka Maiseli, Abdi T Abdalla, Libe V Massawe, Mercy Mbise, Khadija Mkocha, Nassor Ally Nassor, Moses Ismail, James Michael, Samwel Kimambo

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Review in Brain informatics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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45citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. [Analysis of the constraints of inherent limitations on the capability boundaries of brain-computer interfaces and corresponding strategies].Sheng wu yi xue gong cheng xue za zhi = Journal of biomedical engineering = Shengwu yixue gongchengxue zazhi · 2026
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  20. [Technical maturity and bubble risks of brain-computer interface (BCI): Considerations from research to industrial translation].Sheng wu yi xue gong cheng xue za zhi = Journal of biomedical engineering = Shengwu yixue gongchengxue zazhi · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Baraka MaiseliDepartment of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering, College of Information and Communication Technologies, University of Dar es Salaam, 14113, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. barakaezra@udsm.ac.tz.
Abdi T AbdallaDepartment of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering, College of Information and Communication Technologies, University of Dar es Salaam, 14113, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Libe V MassaweDepartment of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering, College of Information and Communication Technologies, University of Dar es Salaam, 14113, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Mercy MbiseDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Information and Communication Technologies, University of Dar es Salaam, 14113, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Khadija MkochaDepartment of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering, College of Information and Communication Technologies, University of Dar es Salaam, 14113, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Nassor Ally NassorDepartment of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering, College of Information and Communication Technologies, University of Dar es Salaam, 14113, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Moses IsmailDepartment of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering, College of Information and Communication Technologies, University of Dar es Salaam, 14113, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
James MichaelDepartment of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering, College of Information and Communication Technologies, University of Dar es Salaam, 14113, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Samwel KimamboDepartment of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering, College of Information and Communication Technologies, University of Dar es Salaam, 14113, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brain-computer interface (BCI), an emerging technology that facilitates communication between brain and computer, has attracted a great deal of research in recent years. Researchers provide experimental results demonstrating that BCI can restore the capabilities of physically challenged people, hence improving the quality of their lives. BCI has revolutionized and positively impacted several industries, including entertainment and gaming, automation and control, education, neuromarketing, and neuroergonomics. Notwithstanding its broad range of applications, the global trend of BCI remains lightly discussed in the literature. Understanding the trend may inform researchers and practitioners on the direction of the field, and on where they should invest their efforts more. Noting this significance, we have analyzed 25,336 metadata of BCI publications from Scopus to determine advancement of the field. The analysis shows an exponential growth of BCI publications in China from 2019 onwards, exceeding those from the United States that started to decline during the same period. Implications and reasons for this trend are discussed. Furthermore, we have extensively discussed challenges and threats limiting exploitation of BCI capabilities. A typical BCI architecture is hypothesized to address two prominent BCI threats, privacy and security, as an attempt to make the technology commercially viable to the society.

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Augmented realityBrain activityBrain–computer interfaceMachine learningNeurological diseaseSignal processing

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PMID37540385
PMCPMC10403483

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