TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of Task Complexity on Motor Imagery Based Brain-Computer Interface
AU - Mashat, M. Ebrahim M.
AU - Lin , Chin-Teng
AU - Zhang, Dingguo
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28 10.1109/TNSRE.2019.2936987 0b0000648971db4e Active orig-research F T F F F F F Publish 10 IEEE 1534-4320 © 2019 IEEE. Personal use is permitted, but republication/redistribution requires IEEE permission. See http://www.ieee.org/publications_standards/publications/rights/index.html for more information. The performance of electroencephalogram (EEG)-based brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) still needs improvements for real world applications. An improvement on BCIs could be achieved by enhancing brain signals from the source via subject intention-based modulation. In this work, we aim to investigate the effects of task complexity on performance of motor imagery (MI) based BCIs. In specific, we studied the effects of motor imagery of a complex task versus a simple task on discriminability of brain activation patterns using EEG. The results show an increase of up to 7.25% in BCI classification accuracy for motor imagery of the complex task in comparison to the simple task. Furthermore, spectral power analysis in low frequency bands, alpha and beta, shows a significant decrease in power value for the complex task. However, high frequency gamma band analysis unveils a significant increase for the complex task. These findings may lead to designing better BCIs with high performance. 0 Mashat, M.E.M. M. Ebrahim M. Mashat M. Ebrahim M. M. Ebrahim M. Mashat Mashat State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Systems and Vibration, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China Author 0 0000-0001-8371-8197 Lin, C. Chin-Teng Lin Chin-Teng Chin-Teng Lin Lin Centre for Artificial Intelligence, CIBCI Lab, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW, Australia Author 0 0000-0003-4803-7489 Zhang, D. Dingguo Zhang Dingguo Dingguo Zhang Zhang Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Bath, Bath, U.K. Author d.zhang@bath.ac.uk 2019 Oct. 2019 8 21 2019 10 14 2085566 08809824.pdf 2178-2185 8809824 Task analysis Electroencephalography Writing Visualization Complexity theory Magnetic resonance imaging Grasping Brain-computer interface electroencephalography task complexity motor imagery event-related de-synchronization classification accuracy National Natural Science Foundation of China 10.13039/501100001809 61761166006 91848112 Foundation of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Health and Family Planning 10.13039/501100010032 2017ZZ01006
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N2 - The performance of electroencephalogram (EEG)-based brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) still needs improvements for real world applications. An improvement on BCIs could be achieved by enhancing brain signals from the source via subject intention-based modulation. In this work, we aim to investigate the effects of task complexity on performance of motor imagery (MI) based BCIs. In specific, we studied the effects of motor imagery of a complex task versus a simple task on discriminability of brain activation patterns using EEG. The results show an increase of up to 7.25% in BCI classification accuracy for motor imagery of the complex task in comparison to the simple task. Furthermore, spectral power analysis in low frequency bands, alpha and beta, shows a significant decrease in power value for the complex task. However, high frequency gamma band analysis unveils a significant increase for the complex task. These findings may lead to designing better BCIs with high performance.
AB - The performance of electroencephalogram (EEG)-based brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) still needs improvements for real world applications. An improvement on BCIs could be achieved by enhancing brain signals from the source via subject intention-based modulation. In this work, we aim to investigate the effects of task complexity on performance of motor imagery (MI) based BCIs. In specific, we studied the effects of motor imagery of a complex task versus a simple task on discriminability of brain activation patterns using EEG. The results show an increase of up to 7.25% in BCI classification accuracy for motor imagery of the complex task in comparison to the simple task. Furthermore, spectral power analysis in low frequency bands, alpha and beta, shows a significant decrease in power value for the complex task. However, high frequency gamma band analysis unveils a significant increase for the complex task. These findings may lead to designing better BCIs with high performance.
KW - Brain-computer interface
KW - classification accuracy
KW - electroencephalography
KW - event-related de-synchronization
KW - motor imagery
KW - task complexity
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U2 - 10.1109/TNSRE.2019.2936987
DO - 10.1109/TNSRE.2019.2936987
M3 - Article
SN - 1534-4320
VL - 27
SP - 2178
EP - 2185
JO - IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering
JF - IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering
IS - 10
M1 - 8809824
ER -