The Berlin Brain-Computer Interface: Accurate Performance From First-Session in BCI-Naive Subjects

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作者
Blankertz, Benjamin [1 ,2 ]
Losch, Florian [3 ]
Krauledat, Matthias [1 ]
Dornhege, Guido [2 ]
Curio, Gabriel [3 ]
Mueller, Klaus-Robert [1 ]
机构
[1] Tech Univ Berlin, Machine Learning Lab, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
[2] Fraunhofer FIRST Intelligent Data Anal IDA, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
[3] Charite, Dept Neurol, D-12200 Berlin, Germany
关键词
Brain-computer interface; common spatial pattern analysis; electroencephalography; event-related desynchronization; machine learning; pattern classification; sensorymotor rhythms; single-trial analysis;
D O I
10.1109/TBME.2008.923152
中图分类号
R318 [生物医学工程];
学科分类号
0831 ;
摘要
The Berlin Brain-Computer Interface (BBCI) project develops a noninvasive BCI system whose key features are: 1) the use of well-established motor competences as control paradigms; 2) high-dimensional features from multichannel EEG; and 3) advanced machine-learning techniques. Spatio-spectral changes of sensorimotor rhythms are used to discriminate imagined movements (left hand, right hand, and foot). A previous feedback study [M. Krauledat, K.-R. Muller, and G. Curio. (2007) The non-invasive Berlin brain-computer Interface: Fast acquisition of effective performance in untrained subjects. NeuroImage. [Online]. 37(2), pp. 539-550. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.01.051] with ten subjects provided preliminary evidence that the BBCI system can be operated at high accuracy for subjects with less than five prior BCI exposures. Here, we demonstrate in a group of 14 fully BCI-naive subjects that 8 out of 14 BCI novices can perform at >84% accuracy in their very first BCI session, and a further four subjects at >70%. Thus, 12 out of 14 BCI-novices had significant above-chance level performances without any subject training even in the first session, as based on an optimized EEG analysis by advanced machine-learning algorithms.
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页数:11
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