Disciplines
Communication Sciences and Disorders | Health Information Technology | Other Computer Engineering
Abstract (300 words maximum)
Neurotechnology describes as one of the focal points of today’s research around the domain of Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI). The primary attempts of BCI research are to decoding human speech from brain signals and controlling neuro-psychological patterns that would benefit people suffering from neurological disorders. In this study, we illustrate the progress of BCI research and present scores of unveiled contemporary approaches. First, we explore a decoding natural speech approach that is designed to decode human speech directly from the human brain onto a digital screen introduced by Facebook Reality Laband University of California San Francisco. Then, we study a recently presented visionary project to control the human brain using Brain-Machine Interfaces (BMI) approach. We also investigate well-known electroencephalography (EEG) based Emotiv Epoc+ Neuroheadset and present experimental studies to identify six emotional parameters using brain signals by experimenting the neuroheadset among three human subjects where we utilize two classifiers, Naïve Bayes and Linear Regression to show the accuracy and competency of the Epoc+ device and its associated applications in neurotechnological research. The demonstration indicates 69% and 62% improved accuracy for the aforementioned classifiers respectively in reading the performance matrices of the participants. We envision that non-invasive, insertable, and low-cost BCI approaches shall be the focal point for not only an alternative for patients with physical paralysis but also brain understanding that would pave us to access and control the memories and brain somewhere very near.
Academic department under which the project should be listed
CCSE - Information Technology
Primary Investigator (PI) Name
Professor Maria Valero
Additional Faculty
Professor Hossain Shahriar Department of Information Technology Kennesaw State University hshahria@kennesaw.edu
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Communication Sciences and Disorders Commons, Health Information Technology Commons, Other Computer Engineering Commons
An Investigation on Non-Invasive Brain-Computer Interfaces: Emotiv Epoc+ Neuroheadset and Its Effectiveness
Neurotechnology describes as one of the focal points of today’s research around the domain of Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI). The primary attempts of BCI research are to decoding human speech from brain signals and controlling neuro-psychological patterns that would benefit people suffering from neurological disorders. In this study, we illustrate the progress of BCI research and present scores of unveiled contemporary approaches. First, we explore a decoding natural speech approach that is designed to decode human speech directly from the human brain onto a digital screen introduced by Facebook Reality Laband University of California San Francisco. Then, we study a recently presented visionary project to control the human brain using Brain-Machine Interfaces (BMI) approach. We also investigate well-known electroencephalography (EEG) based Emotiv Epoc+ Neuroheadset and present experimental studies to identify six emotional parameters using brain signals by experimenting the neuroheadset among three human subjects where we utilize two classifiers, Naïve Bayes and Linear Regression to show the accuracy and competency of the Epoc+ device and its associated applications in neurotechnological research. The demonstration indicates 69% and 62% improved accuracy for the aforementioned classifiers respectively in reading the performance matrices of the participants. We envision that non-invasive, insertable, and low-cost BCI approaches shall be the focal point for not only an alternative for patients with physical paralysis but also brain understanding that would pave us to access and control the memories and brain somewhere very near.