Brain-Computer Interfacing for Intelligent Systems

  • Anton Nijholt ,
  • ,
  • Gert Pfurcheller ,
  • Clemens Brunner ,
  • Jose del R Millan ,
  • Brendan Allison ,
  • Bernhard Graimann ,
  • Florin Popescu ,
  • Benjamin Blankertz ,
  • Klaus-Robert Muller

IEEE Intelligent Systems | , Vol 23(3): pp. 72-79

Advances in cognitive neuroscience and brain-imaging technologies give us the unprecedented ability to interface directly with brain activity. These technologies let us monitor the physical processes in the brain that correspond with certain forms  of thought. Driven by society’s growing recognition of the needs of people with physical disabilities, researchers have begun using these technologies to build brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) communication systems that don’t depend on the brain’s normal output pathways of peripheral nerves and muscles.