Brains on Fire
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2010-08-30
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To use a Brain Computer Interface (BCI) for a game that is dependent
on timing, a useful brain signal needs to be produced quickly by the
user. The purpose of this study was to see if a Lateralized Readiness
Potential (LRP) can occur in imagined movement, that could be used to
control games that rely on precise timing. This signature brain signal is
known to be present in actual movement tasks just before the onset of
the movement, but it is unclear if it is present in imagined movement
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A modified version of Frets on Fire, a Guitar Hero clone game, was
used, called Brains on Fire. It uses actual drumming and imagined
drumming to investigate the occurrence of LRPs. The results of this
study indicated that LRPs do not occur in imagined movement tasks.
However, the results do show that a BCI game with actual movement,
like air drumming, could be used with a high performance accuracy.
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Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen