Usability and cost effectiveness in brain-computer interaction: is it user throughput or technology related?

Vourvopoulos, Athanasios; Bermúdez i Badia, Sergi

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Vourvopoulos, Athanasios

Bermúdez i Badia, Sergi

Abstract(s)

In recent years, Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs) have been steadily gaining ground in the market, used either as an implicit or explicit input method in computers for accessibility, entertainment or rehabilitation. Past research in BCI has heavily neglected the human aspect in the loop, focusing mostly in the machine layer. Further, due to the high cost of current BCI systems, many studies rely on low-cost and low-quality equipment with difficulties to provide significant advancements in physiological computing. OpenSource projects are offered as alternatives to expensive medical equipment. Nevertheless, the effectiveness of such systems over their cost is still unclear, and whether they can deliver the same level of experience as their more expensive counterparts. In this paper, we demonstrate that effective BCI interaction in a Motor-Imagery BCI paradigm can be accomplished without requiring high-end/high-cost devices, by analyzing and comparing EEG systems ranging from open source devices to medically certified systems.

Keywords

Brain-computer interaction EEG Motor-imagery Cost effectiveness Usability . Faculdade de Ciências Exatas e da Engenharia

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.13/2629

Citation

Vourvopoulos, A., Bermúdez i Badia, S. (2016). Usability and cost-effectiveness in brain-computer interaction: is it user throughput or technology related?. In Proceedings of the 7th Augmented Human International Conference 2016. ACM.