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Complexity and familiarity enhance single-trial detectability of imagined movements with electroencephalography

Gibson, Raechelle M., Chennu, Srivas, Owen, Adrian M., Cruse, Damian (2014) Complexity and familiarity enhance single-trial detectability of imagined movements with electroencephalography. Clinical Neurophysiology, 125 (8). pp. 1556-1567. ISSN 1388-2457. E-ISSN 1872-8952. (doi:10.1016/j.clinph.2013.11.034) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:54634)

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2013.11.034

Abstract

Objective

We sought to determine whether the sensorimotor rhythms (SMR) elicited during motor imagery (MI) of complex and familiar actions could be more reliably detected with electroencephalography (EEG), and subsequently classified on a single-trial basis, than those elicited during relatively simpler imagined actions.

Methods

Groups of healthy volunteers, including experienced pianists and ice hockey players, performed MI of varying complexity and familiarity. Their electroencephalograms were recorded and compared using brain-computer interface (BCI) approaches and spectral analyses.

Results

Relative to simple MI, significantly more participants produced classifiable SMR for complex MI. During MI of performance of a complex musical piece, the EEG of the experienced pianists was classified significantly more accurately than during MI of performance of a simpler musical piece. The accuracy of EEG classification was also significantly more sustained during complex MI.

Conclusion

MI of complex actions results in EEG responses that are more reliably classified for more individuals than MI of relatively simpler actions, and familiarity with actions enhances these responses in some cases.

Significance

The accuracy of SMR-based BCIs in non-communicative patients may be improved by employing familiar and complex actions. Increased sensitivity to MI may also improve diagnostic accuracy for severely brain-injured patients in a vegetative state.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1016/j.clinph.2013.11.034
Uncontrolled keywords: Motor imagery; Sensorimotor rhythm; Movement complexity; Electroencephalography; Vegetative state
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences > School of Computing
Depositing User: Srivas Chennu
Date Deposited: 13 Apr 2016 10:07 UTC
Last Modified: 17 Aug 2022 11:00 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/54634 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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