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ArticlePloS one2025

Comparing P300 flashing paradigms in online typing with language models.

Nand Chandravadia, Shrita Pendekanti, Dustin Roberts, Robert Tran, Saarang Panchavati, Corey Arnold, Nader Pouratian, William Speier

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Article in PloS one, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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8 authors.

Nand ChandravadiaDeparment of Computer Science, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States of America.
Shrita PendekantiDepartment of Radiological Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America.
Dustin RobertsDepartment of Radiological Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-3335-3377
Robert TranDepartment of Radiological Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-4935-6847
Saarang PanchavatiDepartment of Radiological Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0003-1658-0364
Corey ArnoldDepartment of Radiological Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-4119-8143
Nader PouratianDepartment of Neurological Surgery, University of Texas, Southwestern, Dallas, TX, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-0426-3241
William SpeierDepartment of Radiological Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-0890-8684

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Abstract

The P300 Speller is a brain-computer interface system that allows victims of motor neuron diseases to regain the ability to communicate by typing characters into a computer by thought. Since the system has a relatively slow typing speed, different stimulus presentation paradigms have been proposed designed to allow users to input information faster by reducing the number of required stimuli or increase signal fidelity. This study compares the typing speeds of the Row-Column, Checkerboard, and Combinatorial Paradigms to examine how their performance compares in online and offline settings. When the different flashing patterns were tested in conjunction with other established optimization techniques such as language models and dynamic stopping, they did not make a significant impact on P300 speller performance. This result could indicate that further performance improvements on the system lie beyond optimizing flashing patterns.

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Brain-Computer InterfacesEvent-Related Potentials, P300LanguageAdultFemaleHumansMaleYoung Adult

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PMID39899514
PMCPMC11790102

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