Brain-Computer Interface

Preface

The Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) is an emerging technology that is developing to be more functional in practice. The aim is to establish, through experiences with electronic devices, a communication channel bridging the human neural networks within the brain to the external world. For example, creating communication or control applications for locked-in patients who have no control over their bodies will be one such use. Recently, from communication to marketing, recovery, care, mental state monitoring, and entertainment, the possible application areas have been expanding. Machine learning algorithms have advanced BCI technology in the last few decades, and in the sense of classification accuracy, performance standards have been greatly improved. For BCI to be effective in the real-world, however some problems remain to be solved.

The book provides the reader with the fundamental theories, concepts, and methods in neuroscience, brain recording and stimulation technologies, signal processing, and machine learning. Readers have the chance to review their knowledge and assess their comprehension of the subjects presented in each chapter with exercises and questions at the end of each chapter. Some assignments provide the student the option to explore topics outside of those covered in the textbook by looking for new information online and following leads in research articles. Highlighting most of the research directions in the digital world, this book is more suitable ...