Marie-Hélène Bekaert

Supervising SSSEP Experiments with a Bluetooth Android Remote Control Application

In this paper, we are presenting how we are controlling the vibration frequency sent from an Android smartphone to an Arduino board connected to a vibrator, in order to supervise more easily SSSEP (Steady State Somatosensory Evoked Potentials) experiments. Our researches are conducted in the context of hybrid Brain-Computer Interfaces for motor severely impaired patients, and our aim is to detect a physiological gating phenomenon on SSSEP responses when patients are trying to perform some small fingers moves while vibrations are emitted under their fingers.

Relevant HCI for Hybrid BCI and Severely Impaired Patients

In this paper, we are studying the possibility to enhance the relevance of hybrid Brain-Computer Interfaces for severely impaired patients by improving the relevance of Human-Computer Interfaces. Across virtual reality tools and serious games approaches, we believe that users will be more able to understand how to interact with such kind of interactive systems.