Selective sensation based brain-computer interface via mechanical vibrotactile stimulation.

In this work, mechanical vibrotactile stimulation was applied to subjects' left and right wrist skins with equal intensity, and a selective sensation perception task was performed to achieve two types of selections similar to motor imagery Brain-Computer Interface. The proposed system was based...

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Main Authors: Lin Yao, Jianjun Meng, Dingguo Zhang, Xinjun Sheng, Xiangyang Zhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23762253/?tool=EBI
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author Lin Yao
Jianjun Meng
Dingguo Zhang
Xinjun Sheng
Xiangyang Zhu
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Jianjun Meng
Dingguo Zhang
Xinjun Sheng
Xiangyang Zhu
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description In this work, mechanical vibrotactile stimulation was applied to subjects' left and right wrist skins with equal intensity, and a selective sensation perception task was performed to achieve two types of selections similar to motor imagery Brain-Computer Interface. The proposed system was based on event-related desynchronization/synchronization (ERD/ERS), which had a correlation with processing of afferent inflow in human somatosensory system, and attentional effect which modulated the ERD/ERS. The experiments were carried out on nine subjects (without experience in selective sensation), and six of them showed a discrimination accuracy above 80%, three of them above 95%. Comparative experiments with motor imagery (with and without presence of stimulation) were also carried out, which further showed the feasibility of selective sensation as an alternative BCI task complementary to motor imagery. Specifically there was significant improvement ([Formula: see text]) from near 65% in motor imagery (with and without presence of stimulation) to above 80% in selective sensation on some subjects. The proposed BCI modality might well cooperate with existing BCI modalities in the literature in enlarging the widespread usage of BCI system.
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spelling doaj.art-544f81093e374a799bed7642391ca0f82022-12-21T23:09:20ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032013-01-0186e6478410.1371/journal.pone.0064784Selective sensation based brain-computer interface via mechanical vibrotactile stimulation.Lin YaoJianjun MengDingguo ZhangXinjun ShengXiangyang ZhuIn this work, mechanical vibrotactile stimulation was applied to subjects' left and right wrist skins with equal intensity, and a selective sensation perception task was performed to achieve two types of selections similar to motor imagery Brain-Computer Interface. The proposed system was based on event-related desynchronization/synchronization (ERD/ERS), which had a correlation with processing of afferent inflow in human somatosensory system, and attentional effect which modulated the ERD/ERS. The experiments were carried out on nine subjects (without experience in selective sensation), and six of them showed a discrimination accuracy above 80%, three of them above 95%. Comparative experiments with motor imagery (with and without presence of stimulation) were also carried out, which further showed the feasibility of selective sensation as an alternative BCI task complementary to motor imagery. Specifically there was significant improvement ([Formula: see text]) from near 65% in motor imagery (with and without presence of stimulation) to above 80% in selective sensation on some subjects. The proposed BCI modality might well cooperate with existing BCI modalities in the literature in enlarging the widespread usage of BCI system.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23762253/?tool=EBI
spellingShingle Lin Yao
Jianjun Meng
Dingguo Zhang
Xinjun Sheng
Xiangyang Zhu
Selective sensation based brain-computer interface via mechanical vibrotactile stimulation.
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title Selective sensation based brain-computer interface via mechanical vibrotactile stimulation.
title_full Selective sensation based brain-computer interface via mechanical vibrotactile stimulation.
title_fullStr Selective sensation based brain-computer interface via mechanical vibrotactile stimulation.
title_full_unstemmed Selective sensation based brain-computer interface via mechanical vibrotactile stimulation.
title_short Selective sensation based brain-computer interface via mechanical vibrotactile stimulation.
title_sort selective sensation based brain computer interface via mechanical vibrotactile stimulation
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23762253/?tool=EBI
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