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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .......................................................................................... III
ABSTRACT ............................................................................................................... IV
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ........................................................................................ V
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INTRODUCTION: HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION ................................... 1
1.1 OVERVIEW ......................................................................................................... 1
1.2 AIM AND SCOPE OF THE THESIS ............................................................................ 2
1.3 THE BCI FRAMEWORK ........................................................................................ 2
1.3.1 Principle of the BCI ................................................................................... 2
1.3.2 Integrating Biofeedback ............................................................................ 3
1.3.3 History of the BCI...................................................................................... 5
1.3.4 Other Methods of Signal Acquisition ......................................................... 5
1.3.5 Classification of BCIs ................................................................................ 6
1.4 PHYSIOLOGY OF THE EEG .................................................................................. 7
1.4.1 Background............................................................................................... 7
1.4.2 Electrical Activity in the Brain .................................................................... 8
1.4.3 Neuron Activity.......................................................................................... 9
1.4.4 Action Potentials ..................................................................................... 10
1.4.5 Characteristic Frequency Bands of the EEG .......................................... 11
1.4.6 Geography of the EEG Waves: Mapping Function to Region ................. 13
1.5 GENERATION AND MEASUREMENT OF EEG ........................................................ 14
1.5.1 Generation in the brain ........................................................................... 14
1.5.2 Electrode positioning .............................................................................. 15
1.5.3 Montage and measurement modes ........................................................ 16
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THE OPENVIBE PLATFORM ........................................................................... 19
2.1 OVERVIEW ....................................................................................................... 19
2.2 INSTALLATION AND COMPATIBILITY ..................................................................... 20
2.3 USER MODES................................................................................................... 20
2.4 THE ARCHITECTURE .......................................................................................... 21
2.5 PLUG-INS ......................................................................................................... 22
2.6 TOOLS ............................................................................................................. 23
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