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In this paper, a brain/computer interface is proposed. The aim of this work is the recognition of the will of a human being, without the need of detecting the movement of any muscle. Disabled people could take, of course, most important advantages from this kind of sensor system, but it could also be useful in many other situations where arms and legs could not be used or a brain-computer interface is required to give commands. In order to achieve the above results, a prerequisite has been that of developing a system capable of recognizing and classifying four kind of tasks: thinking to move the right hand, thinking to move the left hand, performing a simple mathematical operation, and thinking to a carol.
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Costantini, G. et al. (2010). Mental Tasks Recognition for a Brain/Computer Interface. In: Malcovati, P., Baschirotto, A., d'Amico, A., Natale, C. (eds) Sensors and Microsystems. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 54. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3606-3_61
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