EdwardP.FittsDepartmentof Industrial& SystemsEngineering
Brain-ComputerInterface(BCI):ResearchinCommunication,
ControlandHumanCognition
(ChangS.Nam;[email protected])
Whatisabrain-computerinterface?
ThinkingforTypingbyParalyzedPersons
Anon-muscularcommunicationandcontrol
systemthatdoesnotdependonthebrain’snormal
outputpathwaysofperipheralnervesandmuscles
BreakingSilenceofVegetative
StatePatients
NeuralCorrelatesofExecutiveFunctioninBrain
MotivationforResearch
• Patientsinminimallyconsciousstateareoften
misdiagnosedasbeinginvegetativestate.
• BCIscanhelppreciselydiagnosepatientsand
allowforcommunicationwithoutsideworld;
BCIsdonotrequireusingpathwaysofperipheral
nervesandmusclemovement.
Approach&PreliminaryResults
SelectedPublications
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FundingAgencies
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NSFBRAINInitiative(IIS-1421948)
NSFBCS-1551688
NAS/LAS(2014)
RECSeedGrant(2015-2016;2016-2017)
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Kim,N.,Wittenberg,E.,&Nam,CS.(accepted).Behavioral
andNeuralCorrelatesofExecutiveFunction:Interplay
betweenInhibitionandUpdatingProcesses.Frontiersin
Neuroscience
Wittenberg,E.,Thomson,J.,Nam,CS.,andFranz,J.R.
(accepted).NeuroimagingofHumanBalanceControl:A
SystematicReview.FrontiersinHumanNeuroscience
Li,Y.,andNam,C.S.(2016).CollaborativeBrain-Computer
InterfaceforPeoplewithMotorDisabilities.IEEE
ComputationalIntelligenceMagazine,11(3),56-66.
Choi,I.,Rhiu,I.,Lee,Y.S.,Yun,M.W.,andNam,C.S.(in
review).ASystematicReviewofHybridBrain-Computer
Interfaces:TaxonomyandUsabilityPerspectives.PLOSONE