BCI for cognitive rehabilitation
Ph.D. Luca Tonin
BCI for rehab: State of the art
07/07/2014
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BCI guidance for motor rehab
Improving activity
in the affected hemisphere
by means of coherent BCI
feedback
Actuators:
• Robotic arms
• FES
• Exosckeleton
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BCI for cognitive rehab: Task
Cognitive task: Covert visuospatial attention
07/07/2014
Characteristics of CVSA
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Natural cognitive task
Daily experienced
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Self-paced, voluntary
Top-down control
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Neurophysiological
mechanisms
regulating attention
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BCI for cognitive rehab: Syndrome
Neglect
syndrome
07/07/2014
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Preliminary data
Healthy hemisphere
Affected hemisphere
Significant effect
due to
online BCI feedback
07/07/2014
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Contributions & collaborations
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