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Steady-state visual evoked potential (SSVEP)-based communication: impact of harmonic frequency components

2005; IOP Publishing; Volume: 2; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1088/1741-2560/2/4/008

1741-2560

Gernot Müller-Putz, Reinhold Scherer, Christian Brauneis, Gert Pfurtscheller,

Neural dynamics and brain function

Brain–computer interfaces (BCIs) can be realized on the basis of steady-state evoked potentials (SSEPs). These types of brain signals resulting from repetitive stimulation have the same fundamental frequency as the stimulation but also include higher harmonics. This study investigated how the classification accuracy of a 4-class BCI system can be improved by incorporating visually evoked harmonic oscillations. The current study revealed that the use of three SSVEP harmonics yielded a significantly higher classification accuracy than was the case for one or two harmonics. During feedback experiments, the five subjects investigated reached a classification accuracy between 42.5% and 94.4%.