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Brain-ComputerInterface(BCI):ResearchinCommunication,ControlandHumanCognition(ChangS.Nam;csnam@ncsu.edu)

Whatisabrain-computerinterface?

EdwardP.FittsDepartmentof Industrial& SystemsEngineering

Anon-muscularcommunicationandcontrolsystemthatdoesnotdependonthebrain’snormaloutputpathwaysofperipheralnervesandmuscles

ThinkingforTypingbyParalyzedPersons

BreakingSilenceofVegetativeStatePatients

MotivationforResearch• Patientsinminimallyconsciousstateareoften

misdiagnosedasbeinginvegetativestate.• BCIscanhelppreciselydiagnosepatientsand

allowforcommunicationwithoutsideworld;BCIsdonotrequireusingpathwaysofperipheralnervesandmusclemovement.

Approach&PreliminaryResults

FundingAgencies

NeuralCorrelatesofExecutiveFunctioninBrain

• NSFBRAINInitiative(IIS-1421948)• NSFBCS-1551688• NAS/LAS(2014)• RECSeedGrant(2015-2016;2016-2017)

• Kim,N.,Wittenberg,E.,&Nam,CS.(accepted).BehavioralandNeuralCorrelatesofExecutiveFunction:InterplaybetweenInhibitionandUpdatingProcesses.FrontiersinNeuroscience

• Wittenberg,E.,Thomson,J.,Nam,CS.,andFranz,J.R.(accepted).NeuroimagingofHumanBalanceControl:ASystematicReview.FrontiersinHumanNeuroscience

• Li,Y.,andNam,C.S.(2016).CollaborativeBrain-ComputerInterfaceforPeoplewithMotorDisabilities.IEEEComputationalIntelligenceMagazine,11(3),56-66.

• Choi,I.,Rhiu,I.,Lee,Y.S.,Yun,M.W.,andNam,C.S.(inreview).ASystematicReviewofHybridBrain-ComputerInterfaces:TaxonomyandUsabilityPerspectives.PLOSONE

SelectedPublications