Guessing What's on Your Mind: Using the N400 in Brain Computer Interfaces

W.M. van Vliet; C. Mühl; B. Reuderink; Mannes Poel

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-15314-3_17

Guessing What's on Your Mind: Using the N400 in Brain Computer Interfaces

W.M. van Vliet, C. Mühl, B. Reuderink, Mannes Poel

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Abstract

In this paper, a method is proposed for using a simple neurophysiological brain response, the N400 potential, to determine a deeper underlying brain state. The goal is to construct a BCI that can determine what the user is ‘thinking about’, where ‘thinking about’ is defined as being primed on. The results indicate that a subject can prime himself on a physical object by actively thinking about it during the experiment, as opposed to being shown explicit priming stimuli. Probe words are presented that elicit an N400 response which amplitude is modulated by the associative relatedness of the probe word to the object the user has primed himself on.

Original language	Undefined
Title of host publication	International Conference on Brain Informatics, BI 2010
Editors	Yiyu Yao, Ron Sun, Tomaso Poggio, Jiming Liu, Ning Zhong, Jimmy Huang
Place of Publication	Berlin
Publisher	Springer
Pages	180-191
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Print)	978-3-642-15313-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15314-3_17
Publication status	Published - 2010
Event	International Conference on Brain Informatics, BI 2010 - Toronto, Canada Duration: 1 Jan 2010 → 1 Jan 2010

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Volume	6334

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Brain Informatics, BI 2010
Period	1/01/10 → 1/01/10
Other	28-30 August

Keywords

METIS-271033
EWI-18470
IR-73227

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van Vliet, W. M., Mühl, C., Reuderink, B., & Poel, M. (2010). Guessing What's on Your Mind: Using the N400 in Brain Computer Interfaces. In Y. Yao, R. Sun, T. Poggio, J. Liu, N. Zhong, & J. Huang (Eds.), International Conference on Brain Informatics, BI 2010 (pp. 180-191). (Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence; Vol. 6334). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15314-3_17

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van Vliet, WM, Mühl, C, Reuderink, B & Poel, M 2010, Guessing What's on Your Mind: Using the N400 in Brain Computer Interfaces. in Y Yao, R Sun, T Poggio, J Liu, N Zhong & J Huang (eds), International Conference on Brain Informatics, BI 2010. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, vol. 6334, Springer, Berlin, pp. 180-191, International Conference on Brain Informatics, BI 2010, 1/01/10. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15314-3_17

Guessing What's on Your Mind: Using the N400 in Brain Computer Interfaces. / van Vliet, W.M.; Mühl, C.; Reuderink, B. et al.

International Conference on Brain Informatics, BI 2010. ed. / Yiyu Yao; Ron Sun; Tomaso Poggio; Jiming Liu; Ning Zhong; Jimmy Huang. Berlin : Springer, 2010. p. 180-191 (Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence; Vol. 6334).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

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