The effectiveness of activating electrical devices using alpha wave synchronisation contingent with eye closure.

@article{citeulike:2930312, abstract = {Increases in alpha wave amplitude occur with eye closure (EC) and decreases occur when the eyes are opened (EO). The research reports in this paper emphasise effectiveness of people using these alpha wave changes to activate electrical devices. Effectiveness was measured in terms of time taken and errors made when selecting the correct device. Ten non-disabled subjects significantly decreased the time taken and errors made to activate correctly a device using a six-option environmental control system (ECS) in the laboratory. In addition, a severely disabled person was shown to use the ECS successfully to control her television in her home environment. This research demonstrates that alpha wave manipulation contingent with EC and EO can be the basis for a reliable and quick switching system for controlling electrical devices. Applications to disability are discussed.}, address = {Department of Health Sciences, University of Technology, NSW Sydney, Australia. a.craig@uts.edu.au}, author = {Craig, A. and Tran, Y. and McIsaac, P. and Moses, P. and Kirkup, L. and Searle, A. }, citeulike-article-id = {2930312}, issn = {0003-6870}, journal = {Applied ergonomics}, keywords = {bci}, month = {August}, number = {4}, pages = {377--382}, posted-at = {2008-06-26 11:48:20}, priority = {2}, title = {The effectiveness of activating electrical devices using alpha wave synchronisation contingent with eye closure.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10975664}, volume = {31}, year = {2000} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2930312 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2930312 TI - The effectiveness of activating electrical devices using alpha wave synchronisation contingent with eye closure. JF - Applied ergonomics VL - 31 IS - 4 SP - 377 EP - 382 AD - Department of Health Sciences, University of Technology, NSW Sydney, Australia. a.craig@uts.edu.au SN - 0003-6870 N2 - Increases in alpha wave amplitude occur with eye closure (EC) and decreases occur when the eyes are opened (EO). The research reports in this paper emphasise effectiveness of people using these alpha wave changes to activate electrical devices. Effectiveness was measured in terms of time taken and errors made when selecting the correct device. Ten non-disabled subjects significantly decreased the time taken and errors made to activate correctly a device using a six-option environmental control system (ECS) in the laboratory. In addition, a severely disabled person was shown to use the ECS successfully to control her television in her home environment. This research demonstrates that alpha wave manipulation contingent with EC and EO can be the basis for a reliable and quick switching system for controlling electrical devices. Applications to disability are discussed. KW - bci AU - Craig, A AU - Tran, Y AU - McIsaac, P AU - Moses, P AU - Kirkup, L AU - Searle, A PY - 2000/08// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10975664 ER -