This study compared a conventional P300 speller brain-computer interface (BCI) to one used in conjunction with a predictive spelling program. Performance differences in accuracy, bit rate, selections per minute, and output characters per minute (OCM) were examined. An 8×9 matrix of letters, numbers, and other keyboard commands was used. Participants (n = 24) were required to correctly complete ...

A brain-computer interface (BCI) is a device that enables severely disabled people to communicate and interact with their environments using their brain waves. Most research investigating BCI in humans have used scalp-recorded electroencephalography (EEG). We have recently demonstrated that signals from intracranial electrocorticography (ECoG) and stereotactic depth electrodes (SDE) in the hipp...

The P300 speller is being considered as an independent brain–computer interface. That means it measures the user’s intent, and does not require the user to move any muscles. In particular it should not require eye fixation of the desired character. However, it has been shown that posterior electrodes provide significant discriminative information, which is likely related to visual processing. T...

OBJECTIVE The P300 speller is intended to restore communication to patients with advanced neuromuscular disorders, but clinical implementation may be hindered by several factors, including system setup, burden, and cost. Our goal was to develop a method that can overcome these barriers by optimizing EEG electrode number and placement for P300 studies within a population of subjects. METHODS A...

A brain-computer interface (BCI) is a tool to communicate with a computer via brain signals without the user making any physical movements, thus enabling disabled people to communicate with their environment and with others. P300-based ERP spellers are a widely used spelling visual BCI using the P300 component of event-related potential (ERP). However, they have a technical problem in that at l...

The BCI Speller is a machine that flashes different letters on a screen and collects EEG data from the viewer, then analyzes the data to determine what letter the viewer was concentrating on. This allows a user to spell words without any body movements, which is useful for cases of heavy paralysis where speech is inhibited. The neurological event that this machine searches for is the P300, a pu...

In this paper, we report on the feasibility of the Error-Related Potential (ErrP) integration in a particular type of Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) called the P300 Mind Speller. With the latter, the subject can type text only by means of his/her brain activity without having to rely on speech or muscular activity. Hereto, electroencephalography (EEG) signals are recorded from the subject’s sca...

OBJECTIVE The P300 speller is a system designed to restore communication to patients with advanced neuromuscular disorders. This study was designed to explore the potential improvement from using electrocorticography (ECoG) compared to the more traditional usage of electroencephalography (EEG). METHODS We tested the P300 speller on two epilepsy patients with temporary subdural electrode array...

Brain-computer interfaces (BCI) are communication system that use brain activities to control a device. The BCI studied is based on the P300 speller [1]. A new algorithm to select relevant sensors is proposed: it is based on a previous proposed algorithm [2] used to enhance P300 potentials by spatial filters. Data recorded on three subjects were used to evaluate the proposed selection method: i...

The P300 Speller has proven to be an effective paradigm for braincomputer interface (BCI) communication. Using this paradigm, studies have shown that a simple linear classifier can perform as well as more complex nonlinear classifiers. Several studies have examined methods such as Fisher’s Linear Discriminant (FLD), Stepwise Linear Discriminant Analysis (SWLDA), and Support Vector Machines (SVM...