Demo: Opportunistic Mobile Brain Research

Abstract

The majority of research using brain imaging and EEG techniques is currently limited to clinical environments, restricting experiments to synthetic tasks in controlled conditions. Lifting these limitations brought about by this artificial set-up would allow us to perform neuropsychological assessments and research in mobile settings or at locations easier accessible to patients, possibly even in remote, hard to access areas. We developed a tablet based mobile framework to present auditory and visual stimuli, capture wireless commercial EEG and screen interaction data, and analyze the recorded data for immediate evaluation, as well as share the data over internet or local opportunistic links. To demonstrate the feasibility of our approach, we successfully replicated the experimental set-up and evaluation pipeline of two existing EEG studies on event-related potentials. This work therefore lays the foundation to further truly mobile brain research and health-care applications.

Publication
Proceedings of the 6th Extreme Conference on Communication
Dr. Jó Agila Bitsch
Dr. Jó Agila Bitsch
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Roann Ramos
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David Orlea
Klaus Wehrle
Klaus Wehrle
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