Keywords
Midas touch problem
Publications
Shishkin S. L., Fedorova A. A., Nuzhdin Y. O., Ganin I.P., Ossadtchi A. E., Velichkovsky B. B., Kaplan A. Y., Velichkovsky B. M. (2013) Toward high-speed eye-brain-computer interfaces: Combining the “single-stimulus” paradigm and saccades to stimulus location. Moscow University Psychology Bulletin, 4, 4-19
This paper presents a new class of noninvasive brain-computer interfaces based on user’s silent counting of homogeneous visual stimuli, without defining separate classes of target and non-target stimuli (the “single-stimulus” paradigm), at an average (asynchronous) rate of about 2 stimuli per second and with counting that started immediately after moving the gaze to the stimulus presentation area. Interface’s operation was modeled by applying a linear classifier to EEG signals obtained from healthy participants, in rest condition and after moving their gaze to the stimulus presentation position. A response time of 2 second after the beginning of saccade was demonstrated, which is exceptionally fast comparing to typical results known for the existing noninvasive brain-computer interfaces. This result creates a basis for the development of efficient hybrid eye-brain-computer interfaces, considering that integration of the proposed EEG-based interfaces with the analysis of visual fixations and saccades can further improve recognition of the user’s intentional commands.
Received: 06/17/2013
Pages: 4-19
Keywords: brain-computer interface;
“single-stimulus” paradigm;
visual stimuli;
event-related potentials;
Midas touch problem;
Available Online: 12/30/2013