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Activity within the brain causes electrical potentials to exist on the scalp. The study of these potentials is generally referred to as electroencephalography (EEG). EEG is widely used in medical diagnosis and in biofeedback studies in which a person can learn to control some element of their EEG spectrum, usually in response to some visual stimulus. This paper reports the control of the alpha component of the EEG spectrum which does not require the learning that biofeedback demands. We show that participants can achieve rapid and reliable remote control of electrical devices using increase in alpha wave activity associated with reduced visual input. The physiological basis, technical achievements and challenges, and applications will be discussed.
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Craig, A., Kirkup, L., McIsaac, P., Searle, A. (1997). The Mind As A Reliable Switch: Challenges Of Rapidly Controlling Devices Without Prior Learning. In: Howard, S., Hammond, J., Lindgaard, G. (eds) Human-Computer Interaction INTERACT ’97. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35175-9_2
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