Brain-Computer Interfaces: Investigating the Transition from Visually Evoked to Purely Imagined Steady-State Potentials
Résumé
Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs) based on
Steady State Visually Evoked Potentials (SSVEPs) have proven
effective and provide significant accuracy and information-
transfer rates. This family of strategies, however, requires
external devices that provide the frequency stimuli required by
the technique. This limits the scenarios in which they can be
applied, especially when compared to other BCI approaches.
In this work, we have investigated the possibility of obtaining
frequency responses in the EEG output based on the pure
visual imagination of SSVEP-eliciting stimuli. Our results
show that not only that EEG signals present frequency-specific
peaks related to the frequency the user is focusing on, but also
that promising classification accuracy can be achieved, paving
the way for a robust and reliable visual imagery BCI modality.